hese student occupations come at a depressing time for British teenagers and young adults. The United Nations recently described young people in Britain as being the unhappiest in all of Europe. They are also forced to take more exams throughout their time at school - around 70 by the time they're 16 years old. Britain also incarcerates more children than any other country in western Europe (nearly 3,000 under-18s in 2007), with the UK actually breaching the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in several areas. Young people in Britain continue to be demonised by a society that provides them with little other than a strange juxtaposition of consumerism and relative poverty.[1] Time and again researchers gates advocates of the rights of young adults have argued that what young people in Britain need is their own space, to be allowed to raise their heads in public without fear of being portrayed as troublesome hoodies. This argument is certainly telling when one looks at the way the mainstream media in Britain has treated the student door handles occupations - telling, that is, because mainstream news has barely touched the occupations at all. University protests have received virtually no coverage in the national press, except in instances where universities themselves responded to student actions with forced evictions, as in the case of Nottingham. For a British student, it's interesting to compare this to the coverage received by the actions of Take Back NYU!, one of the very few occupations to patio doors take place in the US. Where UK protests have received coverage, it has been largely negative, portraying student actions as being irresponsible, disruptive, and unnecessary.

The pictures are wonderful and I'm so anxious for the arrival of our BABY!!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!

It was greaat to see you both on Monday. You are in my prayers daily!!!!!I love you, three!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!! This is the most precious gift that God can bestow on anyone. Parenthood is a wonderful blessing. My girls are 33 years of age and I'm still thanking Jesus for every breath I take when He allows me to wake each morning so I can see them when visiting or speak with them on the telephone most days.

You will be wonderful parents because you are two wonderful people.

May God continue to pour His many blessings upon you.

Deborah C. Feix

I had goose bumps and I held my breath as the ultrasound pics were loading. WOW!! to actual see my grandbaby for the first time. I love you, Sarah and Stephen, and you are in my prayers. I LOVE YOU, LITTLE ONE!!!!

Just signing in.....I'm happy to be in "the know." So happy for you guys! :)

Praise God for the gift of new life! Isn't it just amazing?! A new person in YOUR family! Your blog is a testimony to God's power and the wonder of what God can do.

Congratulatons Steve and Sarah. Talk with you on Sunday

This is wonderful news! Let me be the first to invite Sarah to join Mom's Morning Out (the Bible study for Moms of kids ages 0-5. You are welcome to join us even before Baby Weir makes an appearance!

This may be your first note of congratulations sent from West Virginia! (I'm here visiting my parents.)

Congratulations! Doug and I look forward to the updtes in the future weeks. Enjoy this time!
Thanks for sharing.