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Kawamoto says sayonara to items
In the market for some scantily clad statuary? If so, clear your calendar for Saturday.
That’s when a daylong auction will be held of Japanese billionaire Genshiro Kawamoto’s acquisitions, starting at 9:30 a.m. Viewing of items will be from 8 a.m. at 4631 Kahala Ave., or preview them before then, at www.oahuauctions.com.
Followers of the Kawamoto-vs.-Kahala saga will recall that the eccentric billionaire irked many area neighbors by leaving his properties visibly unkempt and increasingly populated with a hodge-podge of garden statues, some of them nudes. Kawamoto is now facing tax-evasion charges back home — and with his 27 Kahala and other Hawaii properties sold to Alexander & Baldwin Inc., more than 500 pieces of art and decor are on the auction block. So go early, and bring that checkbook.
Go swimming with the sharks
"By observing we learn." That’s the motto of the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System, and there’s always something interesting to find out about on its interactive website.
The latest project lets Web users track the movement of tiger sharks off Maui that have been tagged with monitors. It’s not a real-time warning system, but an educational tool that lets the community in on the work of university and government scientists.
One thing that’s clear in just a few clicks: These sharks get around. No wonder shark hunts aren’t the recommended response after a lethal attack on humans. It’s very unlikely the killer shark would be the one caught. To follow the sharks, see http://oos.soest. hawaii.edu/pacioos/ projects/sharks/