Despite the corporate re-branding GTW's blue color scheme and its logo would persist on rolling stock and locomotives for several years while they are slowly either repainted or retired.

Despite the re-branding, Rogers still commits to the channel's requirement to air commercial-free educational programming from 6 a. m. to 3 p. m. daily.

Despite victories at Dupplin Moor and Halidon Hill, in the face of tough Scottish resistance led by Sir Andrew Murray, the son of Wallace's comrade in arms, successive attempts to secure Balliol on the throne failed.

Despite these changes the highlands remained very poor and traditional, with few connections to the uplift of the Scottish Enlightenment and little role in the Industrial Revolution.

Despite Somerset's disappointment that no Scottish marriage would take place, his victory at Pinkie Cleugh made his position appear unassailable.

Despite their relatively modest height compared with some continental ranges, walking and climbing in the Scottish mountains may be made treacherous by their latitude and exposure to Atlantic and Arctic weather systems.

Despite STV's explanation of expense, ITV plc were angered by the decision, as a recent schedule change had made The Bill central to their programming, and broadcast the programmes on ITV3 as well to ensure Scottish viewers could see the programmes.

Despite Robert's further condemnations of his border lords, all the signs were that Robert backed the growing successful Scottish militancy following Edward III's death in 1377.

Despite this, during his time as leader of the Labour Party Smith abolished the trade union block vote at Labour party conferences, and replaced it with " one member one vote " at the 1993 party conference and committed a future Labour government to establishing a Scottish Parliament, a policy which was followed through by his successors ( most notably his close friend Donald Dewar ) after his death.

John Slezer | Slezer's Edinburgh Castle c. 1693 depicting the Scottish Union Flag. Despite the drawings described in this letter as showing drafts of the two new patterns, together with any royal response to the complaint which may have accompanied them, having been lost in a fire, other evidence exists, at least on paper, of a Scottish variant whereby the Scottish cross appears uppermost.

Despite its unofficial and historic status the Scottish Union Flag continues to be produced by flag manufacturers, and its unofficial use by private citizens on land has been observed.

Despite avoiding financial oblivion, Thistle were relegated to the third tier of Scottish Football in 1997 – 98, and only narrowly avoided a further relegation the following season, finishing in eighth place.

Despite competing in both the 1999-2000 Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup finals, Aberdeen have not won any silverware since 1995.

Despite achieving a Scottish record of nine points in the group stage, Celtic failed to qualify for the latter stages and parachuted into the UEFA Cup.

Despite his closure of the station, Scottish whalers for some time tried their luck to hunt marine mammals in the Wager area.

Despite Mary's actions, Elizabeth still seemed to support her cousin's claim to the Scottish throne, and Mary wrote regularly to her supporters in Scotland asking them to be faithful and to await the help she believed Elizabeth would provide.

Despite five appearances in the final, they have yet to lift the Scottish League Cup.

Despite being Scottish, Graham played exclusively in England and the United States.

Despite some early poor form-which included a 4-0 Scottish Cup humbling at the hands of Stenhousemuir-Sturrock eventually guided the team to a comfortable promotion in 1996 – 97.

Despite being Scotland's 5th largest former county in terms of area, it has a smaller population than a medium-size lowland Scottish town.

Despite his high offices in Wales, in the following decades Arundel spent much of his time fighting in Scotland ( during the Second Wars of Scottish Independence ) and France ( during the Hundred Years ' War ).

Despite being Scottish, Jack represented England at bowls.

Despite this shaky return the club enjoyed a halcyon period of sorts in the late 1950s, securing four consecutive top half finishes ( without managing to clinch promotion ) as well as reaching the semi-finals of the 1957 – 58 Scottish League Cup.

Despite private misgivings about the Bay of Pigs invasion, he remained noncommittal during the Executive Council meetings leading up to the attack and never opposed it outright.

Despite being elected to be part of the Supreme Executive Power, Victoria remained in military control of Veracruz, where he oversaw the transportation of Iturbide to Europe and organized resistance against Spanish attacks from San Juan de Ulúa.

Despite opposition, in October 1934, Johnston was elected to the Executive of the Association of Collecting Friendly Societies.

Females " now hold approximately 44 percent of the positions in both professional and administrative occupations, which constitute the pipeline for positions at the highest grade and pay levels, including the Senior Executive Service "; 2 ) Despite these gains, women still only account for roughly 30 % of the Senior Executive Service.

Despite losing in the CE election, Yang was appointed a Non-Official Member of the Executive Council by Tung soon after the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Despite this, however, the Executive later met the Senator on the estate coming from the rear of the house-some reports had it that the Senator jumped from a window, and after him came the Governor with his old civil war musket in his hands.

Despite captain John Lloyd admitting that the final tie was 50 / 50 in a televised interview by Sue Barker, his comments and further comments by LTA Chief Executive Roger Draper regarding a lack of a number two player suggests that this could be the last time Bogdanovic will represent his country in a Davis Cup tie.

Former RFL Chief Executive David Oxley, an attendee of International Board meetings for close to 20 years, confirmed that proceedings were not dominated by the Australians: " Despite their dominance of the game on the field, the Aussies did not get everything their own way on the old Board because frequently the New Zealanders were at loggerheads with them.

Despite many similarities of the plotline to JFK, Executive Action presents a far more direct and unemotional account of the Kennedy assassination than Stone's film.

Graham Haywood, Chief Executive of Sefton Council, said in a statement " Despite some controversy, this internationally renowned artwork has aroused national and international public and media support.

Despite the loss, the Saints were recognized for their accomplishments ; six players were selected for the Pro Bowl and Mora and Finks were named NFL Coach and Executive of the Year, respectively.

Despite the rejection of the traditional accounts on many points of detail, as late as 1948 it was still possible to postulate a massive and comparatively sudden ( beginning in ca. 450 ) influx of Germans as the type of invasions.

Despite the successful rehabilitation of over a half million disabled persons in the first eleven years after 1943, the existing program was still seen to be inadequate to cope with the nation's backlog of an estimated two million disabled.

Despite its rather long intellectual history, alienation is still a promising hypothesis and not a verified theory.

Despite Giffen's warning, Palfrey still had plans for freeing his slaves in Louisiana.

Despite being able to crawl on land, many of these prehistoric tetrapodomorph fish still spent most of their time in the water.

Despite marked progress, Armenia still suffers from a large trade imballance and is still largely dependent upon foreign aid and remittances from Armenian nationals working abroad, and members of the diaspora donating aid through non-governmental organizations ( NGOs ) such as churchES.

Despite progress since the Soviet era, the unemployment rate still hovers near 30 % and there remains a huge gulf between actual and potential Gross Domestic Product.

Despite this relative peace, the king was still forced to deal with a number of Danish raids and incursions.

Despite this, Lewis argued, those who accept evolutionary naturalism still act as if objective moral truths exist, lead Lewis to reject it as impractical.

Despite the strong start, the team played poorly in May and June and entered the All Star break at 47 – 48, still leading the NL West.

Despite this, a small community of enthusiasts are still using it.

Despite its rapid growth, the economy of Benin still remains underdeveloped and dependent on subsistence agriculture, cotton production, and regional trade.

Despite this growth, the military still does not receive sufficient funds for modernization.

Despite being offered the chance to remain as ruler of Bavaria ( under strict terms of an alliance with Austria ), the Elector left his country and family in order to continue the war against the Allies from the Spanish Netherlands where he still held the post of governor-general.

Despite the councils of Étampes, Wurzburg, Clermont, and Rheims all supporting Innocent, there were still large portions of the Christian world supporting Anacletus.

Despite the decline of the British Empire, the Army was still deployed around the world, fighting wars in Aden, Indonesia, Cyprus, Kenya and Malaya.

Despite the growth of Bayesian research, most undergraduate teaching is still based on frequentist statistics.

Despite the amount of research, there is still doubt about the internal relationship of the languages of Austro-Asiatic.

Despite the legal status of the Dublin Region, the term " County Dublin " is still in common usage.

Despite rejecting these terms, Constantius still tried to avert war with the Sassanid Empire by sending two embassies to Shapur II.

Despite the improved guns, production of the Panzer III was ended in 1943, as the tank still could not match the T-34, and was replaced by the Panzer IV and Panther tanks.

Despite some claims that shotgun sequencing was in some ways less accurate than the clone-by-clone method chosen by the Human Genome Project, the technique became widely accepted by the scientific community and is still the de facto standard used today.

Despite success in reuniting large sections of the wider Christadelphian community and periodic efforts at reuniting smaller offshoots, there are still a number of groups who remain separate from other bodies of Christadelphians.

Despite these advances in Cognitive psychology, there is still much to be discovered in terms of the operating mechanisms of declarative memory.