The document summarizes key details about the Hangzhou Bay Bridge in China. It is the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world at 36 kilometers long. It took 9 years and cost $1.7 billion to plan, design, and construct. The unique bridge has a service center in the middle with a hotel, restaurant, and observation tower allowing visitors to view the bay's large tides and waves.
Dale Chihuly is an American glass sculptor and entrepreneur. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a master's degree in sculpture and later studied glass in Venice. In 1971, he founded the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington. In 1976, he was in a car accident that left him blind in one eye. After injuring his shoulder in 1979, he could no longer personally blow glass and began hiring others to execute his designs. Chihuly has created large glass installations around the world and was the subject of the documentary Chihuly Over Venice.
The document provides advice from a father to his son about caring for him as he ages and becomes more dependent, reminding the son of how the father cared for him as a child and asking for patience, understanding, and compassion. The father acknowledges that his memory may fade and he will lose independence, but asks his son not to be angry and to help him walk and end his life with love.
The document summarizes key details about the Hangzhou Bay Bridge in China. It is the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world at 36 kilometers long. It took 9 years and cost $1.7 billion to plan, design, and construct. The unique bridge has a service center in the middle with a hotel, restaurant, and observation tower allowing visitors to view the bay's large tides and waves.
Dale Chihuly is an American glass sculptor and entrepreneur. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a master's degree in sculpture and later studied glass in Venice. In 1971, he founded the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington. In 1976, he was in a car accident that left him blind in one eye. After injuring his shoulder in 1979, he could no longer personally blow glass and began hiring others to execute his designs. Chihuly has created large glass installations around the world and was the subject of the documentary Chihuly Over Venice.
The document provides advice from a father to his son about caring for him as he ages and becomes more dependent, reminding the son of how the father cared for him as a child and asking for patience, understanding, and compassion. The father acknowledges that his memory may fade and he will lose independence, but asks his son not to be angry and to help him walk and end his life with love.