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熬夜趕畢展 20歲大專生猝死
面臨倒數192小時的壓力，帶走一條年輕的生命？建築系學生鍾柏慶為了趕在4月1日交出畢業設計作品，熬夜趕工至前天凌晨後，竟在超商前昏厥送醫不治，法醫昨初判是感冒加上熬夜、心律不整肇禍，遺體昨由家屬領回，同學聞訊哀傷不已。
板橋警方調查，鍾柏慶才20歲，就讀華夏技術學院建築系，前天早上8點，鍾柏慶在新北市區漢生東路1家超商買了礦泉水，結帳步出超商門口時突然蹲下，接著癱軟倒地昏厥，路人及超商店員趕緊召來救護車將他送醫，但仍回天乏術。
李姓女超商店員說，鍾柏慶買礦泉水時沒有任何異狀，但他出門才幾分鐘，就有其他客人進門說，「有個年輕人蹲在外面，好像很痛苦，要不要幫他叫救護車？」她出門只見鍾生臉發黑、嘴唇發白、倒地不起。
徹夜討論 只睡1小時
鍾柏慶的于同學在警局說，因為4月1日要交畢業設計模型，鍾與同組搭檔劉同學相約熬夜趕進度，24日晚上，鍾、劉相偕到他家討論設計內容，3人從24日晚上10點做到25日早上5點，鍾只睡了1小時就說要回家，起來後稍事休息，就和同學各自離開于家。
離開前一直喊好冷
于同學說，事發前晚鍾喝了1碗熱湯，當天早上則喝了1杯咖啡及吃了他自己帶來的蛋糕，熬夜期間，鍾並沒有異狀，但熬夜前一天，他頻頻說胃脹氣不舒服，離開前也一直喊「好冷」，沒想到這一別，再也見不到開朗的他。
同學說，鍾、劉兩人的設計主題是「教會設計」，才剛開始構思，模型只做好基地部份，沒想到，還沒設計完成鍾就撒手人寰，同班同學得知噩耗都非常難過，鍾柏慶生前人緣好，已有同學在討論如何幫他完成畢業作品，告慰其英年早逝。
同學說，鍾柏慶家境小康，個性開朗又熱心，非常有人緣，經常在課餘時與死黨聚餐、打棒球；因建築系學生經常需要長時間熬夜趕作業或設計作品，大家接獲噩耗都互相提醒別拚過頭。
板橋分局偵查隊表示，死者母親原認為兒子沒有特殊疾病，身材也不胖，只是最近經常胃脹氣，法醫相驗後，初判死者是罹患感冒又熬夜，引發心律不整猝死，遺體已由家屬領回。
Just do a ‘kind act’ to celebrate Earth Hour
Earth Hour started off with a noble aim. Just turn off lights for an hour one Saturday evening in March, to show your support to curb climate change. It was meant to remind people to rethink their energy usage.
But things soon got out of hand, especially here in Malaysia. People organised various activities to mark the event. So we see concerts, events at malls, candlelight dinners and even candle-lighting events – activities which, instead of reducing our carbon footprint, inflates it.
When events are held, it involves transportation. People have to get to the venue. Even if they carpool, it would still involve driving, hence burning of more petrol and release of more carbon dioxide. And no matter how low-key the event (for instance, a dance in the dark), a certain amount of energy is still needed.
One of the most wasteful acts that one can do for Earth Hour is lighting candles – especially when done in masses. You would be burning candles unnecessarily, and emitting more carbon dioxide and air pollutants such as soot.
Last year, some people marked Earth Hour by going out for a family dinner. It is ironical – and totally against the Earth Hour spirit – to see diners wolfing down slabs of steak and basically, over-eating.
People do not realise that farming and livestock rearing are big greenhouse gas emitters.
In fact, true-blue greenies don’t even bother celebrating Earth Hour. For them, curbing electricity use is already an every day affair and they see no necessity to do something to mark the event.
They view the powering down for an hour as mere green tokenism – it is a convenient act which is quickly forgotten when people return to their normal, energy-intensive lifestyle.
Faced with such censure, the organisers of Earth Hour have, this year, wisely urged people “to go beyond the hour” by pledging to do a kind act for the planet.
It is time to revert to the original intention of Earth Hour. The collective turning off of lights is a symbolic act to remind us that we must do more. Otherwise, we’d be frying our planet.
So, if you must mark Earth Hour, do it simply, for instance, by staying in. Turn off unnecessary lights. Cook a light vegetarian dinner (of locally grown greens, of course) and hold a family discussion on what you all intend to do for the rest of the year to save electricity.
To support Earth Hour, you certainly need not do anything elaborate.
Whatever you do, don’t go somewhere just to celebrate.
The other thing to remember is that no electricity is actually “saved” with the one-hour blackout.
The power would have already been generated by power plants. So, the best way to mark Earth Hour is to do it every hour, every day.
Earth Hour started off with a noble aim. Just turn off lights for an hour one Saturday evening in March, to show your support to curb climate change. It was meant to remind people to rethink their energy usage.
But things soon got out of hand, especially here in Malaysia. People organised various activities to mark the event. So we see concerts, events at malls, candlelight dinners and even candle-lighting events – activities which, instead of reducing our carbon footprint, inflates it.
When events are held, it involves transportation. People have to get to the venue. Even if they carpool, it would still involve driving, hence burning of more petrol and release of more carbon dioxide. And no matter how low-key the event (for instance, a dance in the dark), a certain amount of energy is still needed.
One of the most wasteful acts that one can do for Earth Hour is lighting candles – especially when done in masses. You would be burning candles unnecessarily, and emitting more carbon dioxide and air pollutants such as soot.
Last year, some people marked Earth Hour by going out for a family dinner. It is ironical – and totally against the Earth Hour spirit – to see diners wolfing down slabs of steak and basically, over-eating.
People do not realise that farming and livestock rearing are big greenhouse gas emitters.
In fact, true-blue greenies don’t even bother celebrating Earth Hour. For them, curbing electricity use is already an every day affair and they see no necessity to do something to mark the event.
They view the powering down for an hour as mere green tokenism – it is a convenient act which is quickly forgotten when people return to their normal, energy-intensive lifestyle.
Faced with such censure, the organisers of Earth Hour have, this year, wisely urged people “to go beyond the hour” by pledging to do a kind act for the planet.
It is time to revert to the original intention of Earth Hour. The collective turning off of lights is a symbolic act to remind us that we must do more. Otherwise, we’d be frying our planet.
So, if you must mark Earth Hour, do it simply, for instance, by staying in. Turn off unnecessary lights. Cook a light vegetarian dinner (of locally grown greens, of course) and hold a family discussion on what you all intend to do for the rest of the year to save electricity.
To support Earth Hour, you certainly need not do anything elaborate.
Whatever you do, don’t go somewhere just to celebrate.
The other thing to remember is that no electricity is actually “saved” with the one-hour blackout.
The power would have already been generated by power plants. So, the best way to mark Earth Hour is to do it every hour, every day.
