MELBOURNE - The influential Committee for Melbourne on Tuesday called for a "mega-region" to be formed along Australias eastern coast. Martine Letts, chief of the committee, said that a rapid transport link between Melbourne and Sydney could see the "mega-region" become reality within a decade. She said she believes the region, which would also include regional centers, could rival others in the world such as the Shanghai district and San Francisco-Los Angeles in the United States. The proposal by Letts came after the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University announced it believed a hyperloop could provide the link between Melbourne and Sydney. Championed by Teslas Elon Musk, hyperloop works by propelling a pod-like vehicle through a reduced-pressure tube at the speed of sound. Zac McLelland, chief executive officer (CEO) of VicHyper, said the technology already existed to make hyperloop a reality, and it just needed to be supported by governments. "If we really wanted to do it, we could do it now, and be built within three to five years," McLelland told Australian media on Tuesday. He said that they would investigate the cost of hyperloop in 2017 and estimated it would cost around 30 billion U.S. dollars. Letts said that if hyperloop was built, Melbourne and Sydney could become one region that shares an economy and co-hosted major events. "The time for rivalry is over. To compete on the global stage and to deliver the best for our economy and people, it is imperative that Melbourne and Sydney work together," she said. "A critical component for a successful eastern seaboard region is to bridge the geographical divide via an efficient intercity link. "A rapid intercity link will support the vision. We have the technology to conquer the distance." fabric wristbands ebayrubber silicone braceletscustom fidgetbatman wristbandwristband creationcustom silicone bandsglow wristbands
LHASA -- Two injured snow leopard cubs are recovering after being rescued in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.The felines, which are on China's top protection list, will be released when they can survive in the wild, according to their caretaker, Tangzhub Cering, with the forestry bureau of Biru County.On Oct. 22, a herder in Biru found the injured animals when his sheep and cattle were grazing. He brought the pair to the bureau.The veteran wild animal rescuer cleaned the wounds of the cubs, which were three months old at the time, and fed them fresh beef and skim milk."In the first two days, they neither drank nor ate. I was very worried," he said.Now the cubs also eat eggs and fodder, and their feeding costs have been covered by the local government.The pair was named Princess Snow Mountain and Prince Snow Mountain.China is home to between 2,000 and 2,500 snow leopards, which are scattered in Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and Inner Mongolia. Both the number of snow leopards and their habitat area in China account for more than half of the global total.
