Today, as new nations rise from the former colonial empires, nationalism is one of the hurricane forces loose in the world.

Today, Africa is swerving violently away from the West and plunging, it would seem, into the Soviet orbit.

Today the fort serves as the Museo Histórico de Acapulco ( Acapulco Historical Museum ), which shows the port ’ s history from the pre-Hispanic period until independence.

Today automated flight control is common to reduce pilot error and workload at key times like landing or takeoff. Autopilot was first invented by Lawrence Sperry during World War II to fly bomber planes steady enough to hit precision targets from 25, 000 feet.

Today, the Byzantine text-type is the subject of renewed interest as the original form of the text from which the Western and Alexandrian text-types were derived.

Today, Methodism follows this ancient Alexandrian practice as bishops are elected from and by the order of the presbyterate: the Discipline of the Methodist Church, in ¶ 303, affirms that " ordination to this ministry is a gift from God to the Church.

Today the choice is made in the name of the monarch by the prime minister, from a shortlist of two selected by an ad-hoc committee called the Crown Nominations Commission.

Today, optical coatings made from TiO < sub > 2 </ sub >, SiO < sub > 2 </ sub >, Ta < sub > 2 </ sub > O < sub > 5 </ sub > etc.

The words, " Today I have begotten you ," are omitted from the canonical Gospel of Mark, however, and it is therefore generally believed to have less adoptionist tendencies than the Gospel of the Hebrews.

Today shareware is commonly used to mean electronically distributed software from a small developer.

Today, doppelbock is still strong — ranging from 7 %– 12 % or more by volume.

Today, computer programs such as BLAST are used daily to search sequences from more than 260 000 organisms, containing over 190 billion nucleotides.

Today Benedictine monasticism is fundamentally different from other Western religious orders insofar as its individual communities are not part of a religious order with " Generalates " and " Superiors General ".

Today, due to the political centralization of France and the important influence of the media, only about 200, 000 people are able to speak Breton, a figure down from more than a million in 1950, of which the majority is more than 60 years old.

Today the existence of bilingual dictionaries directly from Breton into languages such as English, Dutch, German, Spanish and Welsh demonstrates the determination of a new generation to gain international recognition for Breton.

Today riverine deposition at the coast is often blocked by dams and other human regulatory devices, which remove the sediment from the stream by causing it to be deposited inland.

Today, this term also refers to the doctrines and practices from the Reformed churches, where Calvin was an early leader.

Today, cardinals are named in pectore to protect them or their congregations from reprisals if their identities were known.

Today, the cane toad is well established in the state, from the Keys to north of Tampa, and they are gradually extending further northward.

On June 1, 2006, USA Today reported that Rockies management, including manager Clint Hurdle, had instituted an explicitly Christian code of conduct for the team's players, banning men's magazines ( such as Maxim and Playboy ) and sexually explicit music from the team's clubhouse.

Today, German conservatism is often associated with Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose tenure has been marked by attempts to save the common European currency ( EURO ) from demise.

* Tales from the Crypt ( 1990 ) – Judy in episode: " Judy, You're Not Yourself Today "

Today, scan the barcode ( usually EAN or Universal Product Code ( UPC )) for each item, retrieve the price from a database, calculate deductions for items on sale ( or, in British retail terminology, " special offer ", " multibuy " or " BOGOF "), calculate the sales tax or VAT, calculate differential rates for preferred customers, actualize inventory, time and date stamp the transaction, record the transaction in detail including each item purchased, record the method of payment, keep totals for each product or type of product sold as well as total sales for specified periods, and do other tasks as well.

Today, most Chianti falls under two major designations of Chianti DOCG, which includes basic level Chianti, as well as that from seven designated sub-zones, and Chianti Classico DOCG.

Today, Alemannic is a linguistic term, referring to Alemannic German, encompassing the dialects of the southern two thirds of Baden-Württemberg ( German State ), in western Bavaria ( German State ), in Vorarlberg ( Austrian State ), Swiss German in Switzerland and the Alsatian language of the Alsace ( France ).

Today the altarpiece is dismantled and the predellas depicting the two final scenes, Entombment and Resurrection were sold to Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna in 1923 and 1930.

The two fleets met outside the Gulf of Actium ( Today Preveza city, Greece ), on the morning of 2 September 31 BC.

Today the term is generally understood in the biochemistry sense, which excludes compounds with only one or two carbons.

Today, two United States Senators and 16 Chief Executives of Fortune 500 companies hold Columbia degrees, as do three of the 25 richest Americans and 20 living billionaires.

Today, two of Dartmouth's athletic facilities are located in the southeast corner of campus.

Today, the two main groups of Eskimos are the Inuit of northern Alaska, Canada and Greenland, and the Yupik of Central Alaska.

Today, only two European regions continue to associate with the Franks: the French province of Île-de-France, originally the Western Franks ' seat of power ; and the Ripuarian Frankish dynasty's adopted homeland, modern Franconia.

Today, Fick's Laws form the core of our understanding of diffusion in solids, liquids, and gases ( in the absence of bulk fluid motion in the latter two cases ).

Today, new official material is appearing for two game systems, the HeroQuest game system and RuneQuest II, originally produced by Mongoose Publishing but now available from The Design Mechanism.

Today, the term is most often used to refer to the valley of the East African Rift, the divergent plate boundary which extends from the Afar Triple Junction southward across eastern Africa, and is in the process of splitting the African Plate into two new separate plates.

Today, these latter two operas are most often performed in their revised Italian versions.

Today the meat is cured in brine for two weeks and placed in a smoker fed from beech and oak chips for about a week.

The speech first culminated with the first of two mentions of the Ich bin ein Berliner phrase: " Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is Ich bin ein Berliner!

Today the islands are split more or less equally between the modern unitary authorities of Argyll and Bute and North Ayrshire with only Ailsa Craig and Lady Isle in South Ayrshire falling outwith these two council areas.

Its chief fundraiser was Luise Rainer, recipient of the best actress Oscar two years in a row ; and the entire group called themselves this time, History Today, Inc.

Today, knives come in many forms but can be generally categorized between two broad types: fixed blade knives and folding, or pocket knives.

Today, the two remaining Baltic nationalities are Lithuanians and Latvians, but there were more Baltic nationalities or tribes in the past.

Today, the Lower Mainland includes two Regional Districts: the Greater Vancouver Regional District and the Fraser Valley Regional District ( FVRD ).

Today, most modern factory-made machetes are of very simple construction, consisting of a blade and full-length tang punched from a single piece of flat steel plate of uniform thickness ( and thus lack a primary grind ), and a simple grip of two plates of wood or plastic bolted or riveted together around the tang.

Today there are several languages in the ML family ; the two major dialects are Standard ML ( SML ) and Caml, but others exist, including F # — a language that Microsoft supports for their. NET platform.

Today, with 4-door models completely replacing 3-doors, the Captain chair setup has become the standard format, with many models no longer offering two bench seats.

Today, the building serves as government offices, and there are two outdoor hot-spring bathing spots which were specially constructed in recent years for public use.