huge swaths of for thailand -- a fertile land destroyed. now islamabad is repeating its mistakes, and local government is hard -- could hardly react because itlit statdly raise itse against islamabad. pakistan is building similar dams elsewhere without really caring about the well-being of locals. after losing at least three parliamentary sessions, debating, and fighting over bills pertaining to food security, land acquisition, and pension, the government has finally appeased the opposing forces, and the bills have been passed. opposition believes that the government has passed the bills hurriedly. the passing of the bills was crucial as the country is feeling under deepening economic crisis. >> parliament has approved an ambitious plan to subsidize food for numeral two/3 of the population. the bill proposes to make food a legal right and seeks to provide five kilograms of grain a month to some 800 million people. the bill proposes to provide a kilo of rice at three rupees, rice at two rupepepepepepepepep. somexisting schemes with an eye on

and land selection.licopter rotor whirring] >> narrator: buried in the list of federal lands that alaska could select was some flat and windswept arctic tundra. and buried beneath that tundra was something very interesting. >> in geological terms, it was the barrow canning river arch, which is a giant rollover of the sedimentary rocks coming out of the foothills area of the north slope. this provided about a 100-mile-long structural fold, which is what oil finders are looking for when they're after elephant-sized fields. [explosion booms] >> the trouble with alaskan politicians is, they looked upon land as real estate, not as the source of resource development. >> narrator: and most alaskans wanted the state to select lands near where they lived, not on the far-off tundra and to make the land available to them. >> there was quite a cadre of people who thought of the selection as "marshall's folly," in particular, all the land men of the major companies and where they were not interested, not one of them,

adolph sutro donated the land. >> he had a lot of land. >> did. he bought a rancho in '82, and it was a huge chunk of land in a little peninsula. it took decades for it to fill in with housing. >> when he died, he leapt 1,100 acres to widows and orphans, and his children that truck. they comprise the woods, sherwood forest, forestville. it was a contentious thing. it took about 13, 15 years in public. >> this is actually in golden gate park, the casino. it was a controversy at the time to have a place that serve liquor and had card games in golden gate park. eventually, it moved to 24th ave. >> we still have the newly recently refurbished stop along the great highway. the beach shall i -- chalet. i always find it ironic that these federal highway funds were used to refurbish this place for drivers to get a drink. terrific. [laughter] >> there were farms, and there were dairies, as these houses are starting to be built, and they are more conventional residents is, and they are still a farm. in the distance, you can see it is still sand dunes. >> an

they don't know the people of the land. so these are the extremists and they are becoming more and more. 1/3 of the nation are newcomers. newcomers that came during fighting. >> my family lived for many centuries in germany and it was in 1920 when it became impossible for the jews, my mother left for palestine to begin working as a gymnastic teacher in a youth village. she was thinking about the identity of a jew, and she came to her parents and said to them i don't think the germans want us here. i'm looking for another place where we can do something from the beginning. so she came here. i think her motivation saved about 15,000, 20,000 children. and i think it's good that i have some roots here. so this is my home since 1946, and i love the neighborhood. up there on the corner there's a catholic convent with a huge courtyard where it was very easy to learn to go on bikes. this was from 1946, 1947, the last joint palestinian jewish house. we had a very good relationship with the arabs. and then the war started in 1947. >>

this was land observe the land was renamed and hushed. what was left for me, generations gone. purfume of smoke freshened my nostrils. pastures reached to the head of the bay. thick roads where locals greeted with slowly raised hands or a nod of a cap to my car the postcard my eye framed in it's longing. moony's pub where i stopped for a pint and slipped my quest. so, you are a to bein accomodating my english. they're all about here. she showed the photograph with dark hair and features unlike my own but a resemblance of an uncle. what was the ring happened on my chance or grace. why not trace through lost norman crests or track dna to tribes 6,000 years gone from the banks. or further back through each human cell to african eve her grunts are tuning savannahs. i felt the gift shared from the bones later that night in the crowded room when all the instruments had gone silent and a man rose up shyly alone and sang sean moss one of the singer's songs. beautiful country, i take you to by the black water screens of the beast the thrush and the black bird sings sweetly and the wild

he broke down the power of the landed aristocrats. with full-time armies now loyal only to the emperor, the conquest of foreign territories accelerated. roman sailing ships easily transported the spoils of war from across the sea. imported slaves built thousands of new monuments to the new centralized rulership. the emperor controlled the military and most political institutions. but still, the families of aristocrats enjoyed countless riches. vast quantities of food, raw materials and manufactured goods poured into the capital city. much of this wealth remained at the top, but some trickled down to the other classes as well. this hierarchy of ancient power and wealth is well preserved in the ruins of herculaneum, 120 miles southeast from the capital in rome. the city of herculaneum rested on the shores of the mediterranean. its seaside buildings housed the boats of fishermen and traders. like its better known neighbor, pompeii, herculaneum was built in the shadow of vesuvius, which erupted in a.d. 79 to bury both cities in ash and la

one of the things that makes me proud to be inuk is the connection with the land.nd when we start digging it up and blowing it up and making money off of it for the sole purpose of making money, it kind of makes me, diminishes the level of pride that i have being a part of the inuit community. >> back at resolute bay, and operation nunavut, we were invited to join the canadian rangers. these inuit reservists patrol the coast line of the northwest passage. the federal government plans to increase their numbers. frank immingark has been a ranger for 18 years. >> passed on to my kids also too, when i go out hunting, i teach them what i know... what i know...what my grandfather or my dad teach me. so if i'm gone...they can survive out there without me. we are having a hard time now, because of the mining.... seems like the animals are sick more, not like back then... >> so this is uncooked. frozen seal. and you got this just over here? >> yeah >> frank lives over lives near the only operating mine in nunavut,. and has seen first hand the impact of the coming resource r

our land, it's our water. the border was drawn almost 200 years ago. the land has been tennessee's for almost 200 years. we're going to defend our border and protect our resources. >> okay. well, i guess the problem is that georgia wants to move the border from here all the way here, where it was originally meant to be before a surveying error cost them access to the river. did a county chairman ted rumley? >> it's actually our land according to our survey rights. we're in dire need of water. atlanta especially the atlanta region. >> is that why honey boo boo is forced to drink so many red bulls, because of the water shortage? >> i don't know who you're talking about. >> the most famous person in your state. >> let me tell you something. >> you don't fool with people.

battles over land happen. they are one of the most universal things we fight over in countries -- i was thinking often it is a much different situation but in palestinian conflict over land, very fundamental beliefs about what the land is, very emotionally, religiously, think of the land very differently and the question of who it belongs to. the question of ownership and you saw that again with slightly different groups and characters here playing out groups trying to claim the land and make their own hands -- >> host: do you find there is something unique about argumentative polarizing new yorkers, not necessarily negative, who are very effective, and expressing themselves, willing to engage in sacrifice and to what extent is the new york city environment in the context in which this unfolded? you need to new york or there may be a different mindset among palestinians and israelis but the fact of the matter is the battle lines can be drawn similarly in other contexts or not really? >> guest: one of the thing

. -- i am outside -- in outside lands. woody has devoted a lot of his time and effort to the outside lands. >> we are a nonprofit in our 10th year, and we are dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of san francisco. >> it is great to have you here. and pat, who has a lot of knowledge and brought to be sure today a lot of [inaudible] , and she can share with that -- she can share that with us as well, and we only regret that harvey the wonder dog could not be here. we talked about [inaudible] what area, generally, are we talking about? >> the term came from what was called the pueblo land when the san francisco peninsula was switched over from mexican ownership to american ownership. certain tracts were preserved, so there was a more orderly, even though it took decades, transfer of ownership of those lands, but there were also what were called pueblo lands, which were sort of a poem by the town, and then, there was a whole lot of discussion about what should happen to those -- which were sort of zero and -- sort o

. ♪ jesus is a rock in a weary land, ♪ ♪ a weary land, a weary land. ♪ ♪ jesus is a rock in a weary landelter in the time of storm. ♪ ♪ i would not be a sinner... (hammond) in teaching a gospel choir, what i have to do is to listen to a tape, see if it's relevant for the spirit of our service, and be able to take the individual voice parts off that tape and teach it to our choir. here's the first. ♪ jesus is a rock in a weary land. ♪ sing that. in a rehearsal, i generally teach the melody first so everybo's aware. i go through the soprano part, and i teach them their part. and then i go to the altos and teach them their part. ♪ jesus is a rock in a weary land, ♪ sing that. (choir singing) ♪ jesus is a rock in a weary land, ♪ ♪ a shelter in the time of storm. ♪ you take one voice part, leave it alone, you take the next voice part, teach them their respective part, couple them together, and then put the third part together with it. that's called layering. that's an effective tool for teaching by rote. ♪ jesus is a rock in a weary land, ♪ ♪ a shelter in the time of storm. ♪ (hammond) after

they owned the land. but for a lot of people does a completely inadequate and to because they thought, americans own this piece of land. this is a piece of american patriotism now. this is a place where a horrible tragedy happen. we have to commemorate it. >> host: in your title you talk about the battle for ground zero. what were the major conflicting forces that were adversarial to each other that gave rise to your metaphor, the battle for ground zero? >> guest: they were too, the main tension is the one between the public sphere where you have, but many different people within the public sphere from architects to new yorkers the victims family members, the taurus, you know, all coming together, masses on the street who want to say, who are turning out other carries to voice their concerns. him and then you have the private sector you have the developer who owns the land. you have the port authority and the developer owns the lease and then have the port authority was the kind of quasi-public-private in

that were the hawai'i kingdom government lands which are ceded lands, so there is that camp.ere are those like keanu, who say this is not going to work for us, and what we need is to gain our independence and exercise to governor ourselves as a people. and then are hawaiians who don't know or don't care. that's most people. most people are confused by the history, and they don't know quite where they land. >> if i could add in. >> no, i want her to say what she is saying. >> what it comes down to is a conversation between the two sides who know what the issues are. and the hawaiians and non-hawaiians, hawaiians that are prostate and pro federal recognition, they just--they know the truth. they know what's happened. they know their history. they love their people. it's not that they don't. it's that they don't really believe that the united states will ever cease to be an occupying power. >> on that note we have to end the program. we're out of time. thanks to all of our guests for joining us, we appreciate your insight, and between now and tomorrow, waj and i will see you onl

surrounding land i know has problem.e don't need to take on the united states government problems and so all we want is what we need for training our firefighters. we don't want responsibility for anything else. >>reporter: the problem is the radioactive soil underneath these tarps. toxic waste comes from radioactive paint used during world war ii to make aircraft the dials glow in the dark. air force wants to bury it in the giant land fill the size of 7 football field 50 feet deep. soil contains a substance the epa says may increase the risk of cancer. congress requires the air force to clean up the toxic waste it's leaving behind. only then can it hand the land off to local. california department of public health says that's not legal. >> department position l about that air force will not be able to transfer the site to private or local due to our state law. >>reporter: originally the air force shipped some of the contaminated soil out of state to idaho and colorado. it decided to bury the rest right here. daniel is l

very wealthy land owner. owned at one point i think they say 1/12 of san francisco in land. most of it was in the west side of the city. robert fitzgerald was called the king of carville. he was an early settler to carville. jacob heyman that realtor, started being called the father of carville. we'll see why in a second. and this guy on the left, colonel daley, was often called the pioneer father of carville. he really gets a lot of the credit. here's colonel daley in his little shed. how do we describe him? he's sort of a 1890's bohemian, a bit of a herm yit. most importantly, he was a friend of adolph sutro's. and sutro had a real estate shack on the northwest corner of the sunset. he let colonel daley squat in there essentially. he went out every morning, walked along the beach. whatever washed up he brought back to his shed and created quite a large little compound of old bottles, shoes, anything that washed up. a ship wreck. provided a bunch of lumber. he made a sleeping loft in his cabin. for a while he had a wife. she didn't wash up in the waves. but she did eventual

this is an expense for a land water conservation grant in the amount of $868,000 to the maclaren park connector trial. this is be used for park entry ways in the south side. it also plans prooment to the watch trail directly south of man sell and we'll install signs throughout the maclaren park trail system. the grant award includes a 7 percent surcharge representing about $12 12,000 that will be kept. this is a land conservation grant and director of real estate to record a memorandum of unrecorded grant agreement of maclaren park. the state has issued one for the grant including the bike trails park. the grant agreement and property restrictions have been in place since 1967 and recording the memorandum will formalize a preexisting agreement. in closing, i'm recommending the committee, recommend to the board of supervisors recommend and extends the land water conservation plant and direct the real estate to record a memorandum of agreement at the park. >> supervisor avalos? >> thank you, of course i'm supportive of this resolution and i want to notice that in the bay area of the qur

they calculate corporations need land to be profitable. that farm land in japan is divide into small plots with multiple owners. officials say the solution is to consolidate the land and offer larger plots to companies. they've also hired workers to plow the land and fertilize the soil. it's ready for corporations at a moment's notice. the operators of a restaurant chain now list in order. this green house used to be overrun by weeds, but the government cleaned it all up helping to cut the initial investments substantially. the company started turning a profit for the land in just three years. >>translator: we consulted with officials on ways to clear the land before we moved in. they responded right away. >> reporter: the efforts of officials are paying off. they've managed to attract nearly 160 companies so far. 15% in the prefixture are still idol. >>translator: considering the number of farm hers will decline, we'll need more companies to join us or our economy will collapse. >> reporter: one expert says the center of government needs

forest service land. these areas have been some of the communities most devastated by recent wildfire. in my first year, the largest fire in arizona state history ravaged half a million acres of our treasured pond rosa pine country in just a few -- pondarosa pine country in just a few weeks. and this year we lost 19 firefighters in a fire that was one of many to burn over 103,000 acres this year. we must come together, change the status quo and facilitate conditions that minimize the chance that fires start and reduce their size, intensity once they burn. the bill before us today does a few important things to achieve that goal. first, it prioritizes responsible timber production and ensures a reliable revenue stream for local governments. the feds made a promise to our forest communities and it must uphold that promise. secure rural school dollars, ensure our counties can provide essential services such as public safety and education to our constituents. h.r. 1526 would not only provide certainty in the

surrounding land i know has problem.t need to take on the united states government problems and so all we want is what we need for training our firefighters. we don't want responsibility for anything else. >>reporter: the problem is the radioactive soil underneath these tarps. toxic waste comes from radioactive paint used during world war ii to make aircraft the dials glow in the dark. air force wants to bury it in the giant land fill the size of 7 football field 50 feet deep. soil contains a substance the epa says may increase the risk of cancer. congress requires the air force to clean up the toxic waste it's leaving behind. only then can it hand the land off to local. california department of public health says that's not legal. >> department position l about that air force will not be able to transfer the site to private or local due to our state law. >>reporter: originally the air force shipped some of the contaminated soil out of state to idaho and colorado. it decided to bury the rest right here. daniel is lecture

government land, san francisco land, and then you had these squatters. these were rich men who decided maybe they could make some money. >> you put up a fence and you owned the land. >> it can to a compromise. squatters get some. you have certain military things reserved, government. we will create a public park. everyone donated a certain amount to create golden gate park. they also created smaller parks. there were all part of the deal. >> a lot of people got moved closer to downtown as part of the deal. if you are out in the middle of nowhere land and had a couple of acres, they would trade you a better acres somewhere else. >> how was it decided to put it where it is? >> it was controversial. people thought they could not put a park there because it was all sand dunes. people were pushing for a large city park in other places. it was a political compromise. >> between lincoln and fulton and the beach. >> you're saying, why did they decide that exact plot? they brought someone from new york to come up with a park plan. they eventually made it a rectan

entire villages have been covered in land and rocks. villages will be rebuilt in safer locations. >> translation: we had train throughout the country. unfortunately some areas are more affected. what happened in some areas is terrible. with the number of family deaths and the way in which it happens. >> a typhoon usagi made land fall in hong kong. >> it caused landslides in taiwan. most of hong kong may have been spared. >> we have the latest. >> the al jazeera studio is on the water front in hong kong and the wind is ratting, whistling around the building. not a direct hit, not so far. it made landfall 20km to the north-east of hong kong. it moved slightly inland. it looks as though it's going to miss hong kong. it's a densely populated city, and it would have caused a lot of damage. that hasn't happened. it's a bit too early to breathe a sigh of relief. it could change tact shortly before it reached the mainland of china. >> a rising star of the chinese communist party has been sent to life in prison for bribery and corruption. bo xil

we are state land, not city property. the state land has a lot of uses. the office has to be maritime- related, unless it is an historic building. our facilities have to be for the people of the state of california. they have to enhance that visit there. they're not local surfing. we cannot do any residential on the waterfront and we cannot do any hotels over the waterfront. there is property on the embarcadero for that. >> somebody told me there were 11 different agencies, probably more that regulate the use of the space. >> it is the city and town of santa cisco, the port, -- of san francisco, the port, the army corps of engineers, fish and game, boating and wildlife. >> every time somebody wants to do something, and has to go through all of these review agencies. >> it makes it very interesting. >> the port is really a separate administrative jurisdiction. the ferry boat we are not on the -- a theory but we are on is not regulated by them. at the port has its own authority granted by state law, state charter which says they have their own building depa

lands. it protects one of the few remaining undammed rivers in arizona, the san pedro river, the description spring property is a superb hiking and climbing location. the cave creek location will protect a corridor as well as numerous archaeological sites and nearly 100 acres of private land -- mr. hastings: i yield the gentleman an additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. gosar: the land is being placed into federal stewardship. this proposal truly has bipartisan support on the ground in our state and across the country. we can preserve lands that advance the public interests and protecting wildlife habitat, cultural and historical resources while enabling the development of a project that will generate benefits t economic and employment. i ask my colleagues to vote yes on h.r. 687 and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield as much time

renouncing claims to lands that congress might grant to natives in the future. most alaskans still resented that far-off federal bureaucracies and congress ran the territory and that the president appointed their governor. not only had the territorial government been weak and ineffective; so were local governments. what's more, beyond the boundaries of incorporated cities, there was no local government at all. >> one of the realities that we faced was, the county was not allowed in alaska because the mining interests and the fisheries' interests did not want to have a jurisdiction that could tax their properties: their canneries, their mining properties outside of cities. so therefore, congress specifically prohibited the territorial legislature from establishing counties. >> narrator: the delegates knew many alaskans preferred to live a more isolated lifestyle, but they still wanted services like roads, schools, and police protection. the delegates struggled to bridge the gap. >> they knew they didn't want counties, yet they wanted effective local government. s

here am i left to underprop his land, who, weak with age, cannot support myself. i know not what to do. gentlemen, will you go muster men? come, cousin, i'll dispose of you. bushy: the wind sits fair for news to go for ireland, but none returns. for us to levy power proportionable to the enemy is all unpossible. besides, our nearness to the king in love is near the hate of those love not the king. and that's the wavering commons, for their love lies in their purses; and whoso empties them, by so much fills their hearts with deadly hate. wherein the king stands generally condemned. if judgment lie in them, then so do we, because we ever have been near the king. well, i will for refuge straight to bristol castle. thither will i with you, will you go along with us? no, i will to wales to rouse the troops. the men there will stay loyal to his majesty. farewell. if heart's presages be not vain, we three here part that ne'er shall meet again. that's as york thrives to beat back bolingbroke. alas, poor duke! the task he undertakes is numbering sands and drinking oceans d

president obama is scheduled to land here in new york.s bb a busy and important week for the president. the biggest question surrounding the meetings this week is will president obama meet with iran's new president ruhani. he is friendlier than mahmoud. he may not be as ambitious as ahmadinejad. will they transfer syrian's chemical weapons nient national hands? those are some of the things we will be watching this week. >> robert moses live it will be a busy day. thank you. >> in just a few hours lawyers for the boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev will go before a federal judge. they expect to discuss the time line if prosecutors seek the death penalty. eric holder makes the final decision on the death penalty. tsarnaev is charged with the bombing that killed 3 people and injured 260 others. later this morning edward davis will announce he is rezining at the end of the year. it is unclear what his plans are for the future. close friends are telling us he is not retiring. some speculate he is being considered for the secretar

we could not have landed the americus cup in san francisco, without the signaling of the best police department in the country. we could not have landed so many of these world-class events and continue the pride of being one of the fastest recovering cities in all of our country without a good police force. and so i made it a point tonight to come here and to let you know, i may not know each of the officers allegiance to your favorite baseball team or favorite football team or favorite basketball team. but i will before i am done. because i do know that we share in common the success of this city. i know that on a daily basis, whether you are walking the neighborhoods of south of market or tenderloin and bay-view or any number of neighborhoods, you are doing the best you can. you are looking out for people. and i know that as the mayor of this city, we also got your back covered as well. because we don't have each other back's covered, we don't have the trust that we need to have to move forward in this city. i want to say thank you to each of the 2,000 men and women that serve in t

endowment in the statehood act, the idea that the state could go select lands, lease the lands, andreate an economic base. >> we have a situation in alaska now where over 99% of the land is owned by the federal government. we can't get that land into private ownership. and we want to have statehood so that our vast resources can be unlocked and be put to constructive use. >> narrator: so president eisenhower's newly appointed secretary of the interior would be critical. he was fred seaton from nebraska. a former newspaper publisher, seaton knew bill snedden, publisher of the fairbanks daily news-miner. >> seaton contacted him and said, "do you know of anybody who knows something about alaska who can help me highlight statehood?" and snedden said, "you have a man already working for you." that's ted stevens. >> ted stevens was known as mr. alaska. he got this nickname because of his outright advocacy of statehood among the agency people and in congress and working with alaskans who went back to washington-- mr. alaska, the statehood advocate. >> the democrats themselves alone--becaus

whether it's hours or an appropriate, you know, land use impacts or whatever it might be it's highly recommended you make a land use finding, if you will, for the restriction of alcohol >> i'm going to restrict it because kitty corner across the street we proved approved a liquor store license about a one hundred feet away. so it's because of the transmission and i want to raise a couple of of things >> could you repeat that. >> i'd like to make a couple of other supporting comments regarding land use now or make the comments right away. there was a second by commissioner wu and while i think that maybe we're a little bit all over the board on this one >> i think the c public works m v there's a clear need for a 24 pharmacy and even if there recent a pharmacy inside the building with various carriers it's important to have a variety of walgreens and whoever else. with the store being open, you know, on van ness avenue it's a highway and one of the places in san francisco we can support and i've said it before it's on a major corridor like van ness possibly lombardy and market and tha

shortly after landing. new video just coming in as the investigation gets underway. >>> brave boaters. fishermen come face to face with mother nature. taking their camera where you have never been before. >>> duckman soars. no room to spare. a daredevil films the wildest wingsuit jump yet. >>> good monday morning. we begin with the government shutdown just hours away. >> lawmakers on capitol hill are at odds on a funding bill. without a deal, the government won't be able to pay employees. or provide services beginning at midnight. you see the clock there. >> is there any chance of a deal? d devin dwyer has been working all the angles. he has the latest. good morning, devin. >> reporter: we haven't seen a federal government shutdown since 1996. it could happen at the stroke of midnight. that is when the government runs out of money just as obama care is set to kick in. the clocking ticking towards a shutdown. the halls of congress are eerily quiet. no negotiations. no emergency meetings. the bitter dispute o

. ♪ >> to this, our 6th year doing the outside lands and our relationship with san francisco, rec and and we work very closely with them in the planning and working very closely with the neighborhood organizations and with the city supervisors and with the city organizations and with the local police department, and i think that the outside lands is one of the unique festivals in the world and we have san francisco and we have golden gate park and we have the greatest oasis, in the world. and it has the people hiking up hills and down hills and a lot of people between stages. >> i love that it is all outside, the fresh air is great. >> they have the providers out here that are 72 local restaurants out here. >> celebrating, and that is really hot. >> 36 local winerries in northern california and 16 brewers out here. >> and you have seen a lot of people out here having a good time and we have no idea, how much work and planning has gone into this to make it the most sustainable festival in the united states. >> and literally, in the force, and yeah, unlike any other concept. and come an

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and that includes our forested lands. and what i have observed in the time that i have had the privilege to be in this body is that our national forests are being badly mismanaged, particularly on federal lands. and they are being badly mismanaged because of events, generally events and regulations coming from the federal government. and we'll talk about that a bit tonight. but there is a solution to what we will be discussing tonight and the problems we have had in the western part of the united states with these forest fires, and that's the healthy forest act that we'll have on the floor hopefully later on this month. as the chairman of the natural resources committee, i have always felt that all federal land, unless otherwise designated, should be for multiple purposes, and that includes recreation and commercial activity and includes whatever activity would be allowed under unless congress otherwise designates and those designations could be national parks, could be willeder necessary areas or national monday youments