‘Star Wars’ Digital FX on Tap at AFI

Find out how Industrial Light & Magic digitally redefined the special effects for the re-release of the “Star Wars” trilogy. Visual effects supervisor Alex Seiden will discuss the unique process ILM used at the American Film Institute, 2021 N. Western Ave. in Los Angeles, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Admission is $15. Call (213) 856-7690 for reservations.

Online Security: John Gage, a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and Trident Data Systems’ chief science officer, will be the keynote speaker at a seminar on computer security on Tuesday. Sponsored by Trident Data Systems, the seminar will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. For more information, call (800) 729-6483 or visit https://www.tds.com

CYBERSPACE * The Artist Formerly Known as Prince goes online with a live performance video on Thursday at 6 p.m. https://musiccentral.msn.com

* From Argentina to Yemen, this Internet listing connects you to phone and fax numbers in more than 50 countries worldwide. It is at https://www.infobel.be/infobel/infobelworld.html

* Before there was Bill Gates or Steve Forbes, there was Andrew Carnegie, the steel magnate who earned $4.5 billion (in today’s dollars) by selling his company, then donated $3 billion of it to build 3,000 public libraries and other buildings. To learn more about Carnegie’s rags-to-riches story, visit https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/carnegie

* Steve Schalchlin is a composer and lyricist in Los Angeles who has been recording his battle with full-blown AIDS in an online diary. Schalchlin, who figures he should have been dead two years ago, has a positive outlook and wants to share it with others. Visit his home page at https://www.geocities.com/Broadway/1173.

* Common Cause, the nonprofit group that keeps a watchful eye on politicians, is now on the Web at https://www.commoncause.org. Visit the site to learn more about progress with campaign finance reform, civil rights, a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and other issues. Learn how to make your voice heard in politics and participate in discussion forums about corporate welfare, scandals and more.

* Are you interested in online shopping, but don’t know where to start? Try the BizRate Guide (https://www.bizrate.com), where sites have been reviewed by actual shoppers for their browsability, customer service, and security of their online ordering and payment system. Shopping categories include clothing, books and consumer electronics, and merchants can be ranked according to your priorities (price, ease of returns, etc.).

* Odyssey in Egypt is an interactive archeology dig. Middle school students in Michigan communicate via e-mail to excavators in Egypt and learn about history, geography and culture half-way around the world. You can share in their discovery at https://www.scriptorium.org/odyssey.

* Sociologist Robert Alun Jones says that research in and about cyberspace will be “an important part of the social and behavioral sciences into the next century.” But like other research involving human subjects, it raises important ethical questions: What is the dividing line between public and private information? What does informed consent mean on the Internet? To read Jones’ essay, “The Ethics of Research in Cyberspace,” visit https://www.mcb.co.uk/services/articles/documents/intr/ethics.html

* The Los Angeles Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility is online at https://www.labridge.com/PSR/. Visitors can search a database of radiation hazards, learn ways to prevent gun violence and read up on proposals for health-care reform.

* The Infomine development team at the UC Riverside library has compiled a comprehensive list of Internet resources at https://lib-www.ucr.edu. Sites are grouped by subject, like government information, social sciences and Internet enabling tools.

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