Modern-day Latakia Governorate and Tartus Governorate roughly encompass what was the Alawite State, both governorates having majority Alawite populations ; however, parts of modern-day Al-Suqaylabiyah District, Masyaf District, Talkalakh District and Jisr ash-Shugur District ( now in neighbouring governorates ) also belonged to it.

Modern-day fundamentalists tend to prefer the definition of premarital sex, or will even choose to broaden the term to also include activities such as masturbation and pornography, while progressive and mainstream Christians tend to limit the interpretation of the word to illegal sexual activities such as incest, bestiality and pedophilia.

Modern-day Urgell (, ), also known as Baix Urgell (" baix " meaning lower ), is a comarca ( county ) in Catalonia, Spain, forming only a portion of the region historically known as Urgell, one of the Catalan counties.

Modern-day Garhwal was likewise unified under the rule of Parmars who, along with many Brahmins and Rajputs, also arrived from the plains.

Modern-day versions of kuy teav featuring beef, chicken or seafood ( rather than the original pork broth ) have also evolved, but the plethora of garnishes that distinguish kuy teav remains the same.

Modern-day marine VHF radios not only offer basic transmit and receive capabilities.

Modern-day genetic studies of the Y-chromosome suggest that the Tutsi are largely of Bantu extraction ( 80 % E1b1a, 15 % B, 4 % E3 ).

Modern-day commentators and Neopagans sometimes identify Boann with the goddess Brigid, or believe Boann to be Brigid's mother ; however there are no Celtic sources that describe her as such.

Modern-day Vehicle Identification Number systems are based on two related standards, originally issued by the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ) in 1979 and 1980 ; ISO 3779 and ISO 3780, respectively.

Modern-day Komox are organized in four band governments:

Modern-day relations with the Bishop of London are, however, very good ; he regularly attends events and services at the Temple Church.

Modern-day travellers are advised that admission tickets to sit on the arena's stone steps are much cheaper to buy than tickets giving access to the padded chairs available on lower levels.

Modern-day productions are traditionally derived from the revivals staged by Marius Petipa for the Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg in the late 19th century.

Modern-day immigrants from India ( mostly Sindhi merchants ) are to be found on Saint-Martin / Sint Maarten, St. Thomas, Curaçao and other islands with duty-free commercial capabilities, where they are active in business.

Modern-day infantry is supported by armoured fighting vehicles, artillery, and aircraft, but are still the only kind of military force that can take and hold ground, and thus remain essential to fighting wars.

Modern-day Carloforte's principal sources of revenue are fishing, tourism, and remittances from the many merchant mariners around the world who hail from Carloforte.

Modern-day occult orders such as Dragon Rouge, the Order of Phosphorus and the Temple of the Black Light incorporate the idea of Lucifuge as one of the eleven rulers ( there are ten qliphoths, and the last one, Thaumiel, is split in two, thus making eleven ).

Modern-day convention in Armenia dictates that it should be consumed during the month that has an ' r ' in its name, thus excluding May, June, July, and August ( month names in Armenian are derivatives of the Latin names ).

Modern-day efforts have been made and are still ongoing to reconstruct the tracks of known hurricanes and to identify initially undetected storms.

Modern-day showboats, however, with their more advanced technology, are designed as steamboats.

Modern-day Arab telephone keypad with two forms of Arabic numerals: Western Arabic / European numerals on the left and Eastern Arabic numerals on the right

Modern-day Interstate 80 closely follows the path of the railroad, with one exception.

Modern-day Trento is a cosmopolitan city, with highly-developed and organized modern social services.

Modern-day combines can be adjusted to work with any grain crop, and many unusual seed crops.

Although associated with various places, he became commonly identified with the Atlas Mountains in northwest Africa ( Modern-day Morocco and Algeria ).

Modern-day American reprints began with " The Bar None Ranch " ( 1940 ) which appeared in Walt Disney Comics Digest # 40 ( 1973 ).

Modern-day traditional dance music is based mostly around schottisches, polkas and waltzes with instrumentation including fiddle, mandola, accordion and banjo.

Modern-day slow match ( used with replica matchlock firearms ) is sometimes made of cotton cord, instead of hemp, due to legalities associated with growing hemp plants.

Modern-day Exxon, Mobil, Atlantic Richfield, Chevron, Sohio, Amoco and Continental Oil all trace their ancestry to various parts of Standard Oil.

Modern-day New Jersey police officers inherit their authority from the constable.

Bhattacharya says: " Modern-day women could well wish that they were half as confident, clear-headed and assertive of their desires and goals as Satyavati.

Modern-day Rangers ( as well as their predecessors ) do not have a prescribed uniform, per se, although the State of Texas does provide guidelines as to appropriate Ranger attire, including a requirement that Rangers wear clothing that is western in nature.

Modern-day Chinese people sometimes refer to themselves as the " Descendants of Yan and Yellow Emperor ", although non-Han minority groups in China may have their own myths or not count as descendants of the emperor.

Modern-day descendants of those original refugees often employ the term " United Empire Loyalist ", sometimes using " U. E.

Modern-day military musicians often perform a variety of other styles of music in different ensembles, from chamber music to rock and roll.

Modern-day power projection often makes use of high-tech communications and information technology to overcome these difficulties, a process sometimes described as the " Revolution in Military Affairs.

Modern-day handsets usually contain the phone's microphone as well, but in early telephones the microphone was mounted directly on the telephone itself, which often was attached to a wall at a convenient height for talking.

Modern-day hei-tiki however, may be divided into two types.

File: Barbara Summer at Porn Star Karaoke 7. jpg | Modern-day interpretation of a Western outfit in which a bandanna has been made into a tank top

Modern-day Tubas was founded in the late 19th century during Ottoman rule in Palestine, when groups of Arabs belonging to the Daraghmeh clan — mostly shepherds and farmers who lived in the Jordan Valley — migrated northward to the site because of its fertile ground, proximity to several springs, and its high elevation compared to the Jordan Valley and Wadi al-Far ' a plain ; Mount Gerizim was visible from the area.

Modern-day Czech Silesia derives primarily from a small part of Silesia that remained within the Bohemian Crown and the Habsburg Monarchy at the end of the First Silesian War in 1742, when the rest of Silesia was ceded to Prussia.

Modern-day Dhubri district was created on 1 July 1983 when it was split from Goalpara district.

Modern-day Irish Gaelic does not use this formal / informal distinction when addressing people.