Today, according to land economist Homer Hoyt, shopping centers and their associated parking lots cover some 46,000 acres of land, which is almost exactly the total land area in all the nation's Central Business Districts put together.

Today, a marine is actually an infantry regiment that sometimes fights solely on land and is no longer tied to the navy.

Today, direct engagements between aircraft are rare-the most modern fighter-interceptors carry much more extensive bombing payloads, and are used to bomb precision land targets, rather than to fight other aircraft.

Today about 60 crofters work the land on the island.

Today the spirits of the Vazimba are revered as tompontany ( ancestral masters of the land ) by many traditional Malagasy communities.

Today, disputes continue among other things, over the pricing of deliveries of raw untreated water to Singapore, Singapore's land reclamation causing a negative environmental impact in Malaysian waters, a new bridge to replace the Johor-Singapore Causeway which Singapore does not want to pay for, maritime boundaries, the redevelopment of Malayan Railway lands in Singapore and Pulau Batu Putih.

Today, skyscrapers are an increasingly common sight where land is expensive, as in the centres of big cities, because they provide such a high ratio of rentable floor space per unit area of land.

Today, the Northern Cheyenne Nation is one of the few American Indian nations to have control over the majority of its land base, currently 98 %.

Today, the Main Campus is housed on of land with 86 buildings including 22 apartment buildings for the University Park Apartments on the north part of the campus.

Today, while a number of the original stones are missing or buried, many are still visible, resting on public land and protected by iron cages.

Today the city has morphed from land of emigration to immigration.

Today most fires in the park are lit following land management patterns traditionally practiced by Anangu ( Aboriginal people ).

Today the traditional owners retain a strong and continuing interest, through their traditional rights to, and responsibilities for, the land, in the protection and management of the area.

Today, only a city, Bell Gardens maintains only a small portion of the original Lugo land grant, which is located at the site of the Casa Mobile home Park at 7000 Gage Ave.

Today most farms in the valley have disappeared, opening the land for luxurious residences overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway.

Today, Wheeler Army Airfield comprises approximately 1, 389 acres ( 5. 6 km² ) of land returned to the Department of the Army on 1 November 1991.

Today the former mining land has been converted into camping and for off road sports

Today almost all the surrounding land is farmed, and fishing still plays a role, albeit less prominent, in the coastal settlements.

Today the Noordwijk bulb area covers 311 hectares of land.

Today, about 1 / 3 of the city's land area is devoted to city and regional parks, playgrounds, and open space.

Today it is not uncommon to find archeologists scouring the land in search of Native American relics.

Today, the percentage is reversed ; with 98 % of the land area occupied by homes, and less than 2 % remains undeveloped.

Today, many TRS-mediated calls are made over the Internet by consumers who use broadband connections.

Today anyone can use the term " Arbor Day " as well as hold their own Arbor Day celebration.

Today, " minor tranquilizer " can refer to anxiolytic and / or hypnotic drugs such as the benzodiazepines and nonbenzodiazepines which have some antipsychotic properties and are recommended for concurrent use with antipsychotics, and are useful for insomnia or drug-induced psychosis.

Today, the term " utility knife " also includes small folding or retractable-blade knives suited for use in the modern workplace or in the construction industry.

Today speakers of Chinese use three numeral systems:

Today, however, all NFL teams use in-helmet radios to communicate with players.

Today, movements that use the name " conservative " have a wide variety of views.

Today, the crossbow often has a complicated legal status due to the possibility of lethal use and its similarities to both firearms and archery weapons.

Today more and more manufacturers tend to favor the use of forged crankshafts due to their lighter weight, more compact dimensions and better inherent dampening.

Today many of such blacklists, either free or subscription-based, are available mainly for use by email administrators and anti-spam software.

Today, the modern Latin poets who use the dactylic hexameter are generally as faithful to Virgil as Rome's Silver Age poets.

Today, scientists use these phenomena to perform various chemical determinations for the composition of gases lit from behind ( absorption spectra ) and for glowing gases ( emission spectra ).

Today most engineering work involves the use of computers and it is commonplace to use computer-aided design programs when designing electrical systems.

Today, most electronic devices use semiconductor components to perform electron control.

Today throughout the island, motorcycle is widely use as a form of taxi.

Today, almost all tests use 15 for one SD.

Today the economy of Makrani Baluch is largely based on use of the oceans.

Today further experimental research on Mach appears to have ended, although Mach and its derivatives are in use in a number of commercial operating systems, such as NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, and most notably Mac OS X using the XNU operating system kernel which incorporates an earlier ( non-microkernel ) Mach as a major component.

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.

Today, the lime solution is occasionally sharpened by the use of sodium sulfide.

Today, while many medical advances have been made to safeguard against infection by pathogens, through the use of vaccination, antibiotics, and fungicide, pathogens continue to threaten human life.

Today, the terms " rap " and " rapping " are so closely associated with hip hop music that many use the terms interchangeably.

Today almost all republics use the title president for the head of state.

Today the prefixes are standardized for use in the International System of Units ( SI ) by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in resolutions dating from 1960 to 1991.