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, " 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 Basque holds co-official language status in the Basque regions of Spain: the full autonomous community of the Basque Country and some parts of Navarre.

Today some of Lyell's mechanisms for geologic processes have been disproven, though many have stood the test of time.

Today, in addition to the Orthodox Church, a number of other Christian churches lay claim to this title ( including the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Assyrian Church and the Oriental Orthodox Church ); however, the Orthodox Church considers these other churches to be schismatic and, in some cases, heretical.

Today, some couples opt for a handfasting ceremony in place of, or incorporated into, their public wedding.

A July 2006 USA Today / Gallup poll found that 83 % of the 1, 005 Americans polled blamed Hezbollah, at least in part, for the 2006 Lebanon War, compared to 66 % who blamed Israel to some degree.

Today, law enforcement agencies, popular media, the United Nations, other nations and even some medical practitioners can be observed applying the term very broadly and often pejoratively in reference to a wide range of illicit substances, regardless of the more precise definition existing in medical contexts.

Today, some Muslim authors only recognize wars with the aim of territorial defense as well as the defense of religious freedom as legitimate.

Today his poems and letters are some of the most popular and most analyzed in English literature.

Today, some mustelids are threatened for other reasons.

Today, some have wrongly attributed the legend of Nai Khanomtom to King Naresuan, who spent his youth as a royal hostage in Burma while Ayutthaya was a Burmese vassal.

Today the ballistic missile represents the only strategic deterrent in most military forces, however some ballistic missiles are being adapted for conventional roles, such as the Russian Iskander or the Chinese DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile.

Today, funneling email through MSA systems run by providers that in principle have some means of holding their users accountable for the generation of the email is a defense against spam and other forms of email abuse.

Today, philosophers have adopted the term philosophy of religion for the subject, and typically it is regarded as a separate field of specialization, although it is also still treated by some, particularly Catholic philosophers, as a part of metaphysics.

Today, most post-communist countries in Europe are generally seen to have mixed economies, although it is often argued that some ( such as Romania, Slovakia and Estonia, with their flat tax rates ) are actually more capitalist than Western Europe.

Today the term " priest " is used in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, and some branches of Lutheranism to refer to those who have been ordained to a ministerial position through receiving the sacrament of Holy Orders, although " presbyter " is also used.

Today some rabbis who advocate some form of process theology include Bradley Shavit Artson, Lawrence A. Englander, William E. Kaufman, Harold Kushner, Anton Laytner, Michael Lerner, Gilbert S. Rosenthal, Lawrence Troster, Donald B. Rossoff, Burton Mindick, and Nahum Ward.

Today the term quaestor is used as a senior police rank in Italy and Romania, and as the title of an office of financial oversight in some organizations.

Today, it is the official publication channel for the Internet Engineering Task Force ( IETF ), the Internet Architecture Board ( IAB ), and — to some extent — the global community of computer network researchers in general.

Today, these ideas have been further refined ( some x86-pairs are instead merged into a more complex micro-operation, for example ) and are still used by modern x86 processors such as Intel Core 2 and AMD K8.

Today, Roman law is no longer applied in legal practice, even though the legal systems of some states like South Africa and San Marino are still based on the old Ius Commune.

Today, the SAC is one the largest anarcho-syndicalist unions in the world in proportion to the population, with some strongholds in the public sector.

According to some sources, after his triumphal entry into the city, Allenby raised his sword in salute to the famous statue of Saladin and proudly declared " Today the wars of the Crusaders are completed.

Today, cooperatives such as PNWISE are working to bring broadband access to rural areas of the United States by the same means.

Today, germanium is mined primarily from sphalerite ( the primary ore of zinc ), though germanium is also recovered commercially from silver, lead, and copper ores.

" Today, Astronomiae Pars Optica is generally recognized as the foundation of modern optics ( though the law of refraction is conspicuously absent ).

Today, the rise of cheap mass production means that this is no longer true, and, though a few expert locksmiths are also engineers and capable of sophisticated repairs and renovation work, the vast majority of locks are repaired by swapping of parts or like-for-like replacement, or upgraded to modern mass-production items.

Today the practice of alternative cuts is more commonplace, though often as a way to make a film stand out in the DVD marketplace by adding new material.

Today, though the number of collectors is somewhat less, stamp collecting is still one of the world's most popular indoor hobbies.

Today most events with actor appearances are organized by commercial promoters, though a number of fan-run conventions still exist, such as Toronto Trek and Shore Leave.

" Today, the UMC is generally considered one of the more moderate and tolerant denominations with respect to race, gender, and ideology, though the denomination itself actually includes a very wide spectrum of attitudes.

Today, whist has largely fallen out of favor in the United States, though still somewhat popular among African Americans.

Today, as in his own time ( though for different reasons ), Paley is a controversial figure, a lightning rod for both sides in the contemporary " war between science and religion ".

Today, the Vermont National Guard, composed of the Vermont Army National Guard and Vermont Air National Guard are collectively known as the Green Mountain Boys, even though women have served in both branches since the mid-twentieth century.

Today, RS codes are widely implemented in digital storage devices and digital communication standards, though they are being slowly replaced by more modern low-density parity-check ( LDPC ) codes or turbo codes.

Today, the reference plane for an azimuth in a general navigational context is typically true north, measured as a 0 ° azimuth, though other angular units ( grad, mil ) can also be employed.

According to a poll taken by USA Today in 2005, majority of Americans support affirmative action for women, while with minority groups though, it is more split.

Today, the breed is used as a beef stock, though many Texas ranchers keep herds due to their link to Texas history.

Today, most of the world prefers metric measurement by weight, though the preference for volume measurements continues in the United States (" almost exclusively "), North America, Australia, and Sweden.

Today, active female characters who participate equally with the male heroes in the stories are a regular feature in modern sword and sorcery stories, though they are also relied upon for sex appeal.

Today the Tuileries Gardens ( Jardins des Tuileries ) remain, preserving their wide central pathway, though the palace was burned down during the Paris Commune, 1871.

Cellular service has been in place since 2004, and though service is still spotty in some locations, it is expected to improve. USA Today from 2005 about Iraq and its telecommunications Iraqna, an Orascom Telecom company, is the biggest GSM cellular service provider in Iraq.

Today, reproduction percussion firearms are popular for recreational shooters and percussion caps are still available, though most now use non-corrosive compounds such as lead styphnate.

Today, though, his name is most closely associated with Heron's Formula for finding the area of a triangle from its side lengths.

Today most bodegas have shifted their winemaking focus to wines that are ready to drink sooner with the top wines typically aging for 4 – 8 years prior to release though some traditionalists still age longer.

Today kohanim retain a lesser though somewhat distinct status within Judaism, and are bound by additional restrictions according to Orthodox Judaism.

Today there is no legal privilege associated with hereditary titles in Germany, and in Austria they have been banned ( though persisting in social use ).