By Glenna Rhodes

Never received the latest CPI postcard or it disappeared from your file? Now it is easy to use the Internet to get the same information in the same postcard format and receive it seven to ten days earlier than by mail.

The next time you need the CPI for Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average, simply visit

http://stats.bls.gov/ro9home.htm

Next click Regional News Releases, then click on Consumer Price Index--Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average. To print in the postcard format and insure you get all the information, it will be necessary for you to change your page setup to "landscape" rather than the default "portrait" setting.

Foreign Languages For Travelers

http://www.travlang.,com/languages

Not a meta site in the traditional sense but a useful one all the same. With links to over 50 languages, you can listen and practice speaking and reading the language of your choice. Each language link offers lessons, basic words, numbers, shopping and dining vocabulary as well as links to a variety of country sites where the language is spoken.