Despite losing this match, Essendon's performance was good enough for its players to be awarded Brownlow Medal votes – best-on-ground was Brent Stanton ( 3 votes ), followed by Jason Johnson ( 2 votes ) and Andrew Lovett ( 1 vote ).

Despite yet another losing season, the Mets made history in 2011 when Jason Isringhausen converted his 300th save with the team, the third player in franchise history to reach the milestone while with the organization behind John Franco and Billy Wagner.

Despite the music's limited commercial availability, house records sold in the tens of thousands, and the music was further popularized via radio station 102. 7 WBMX-FM, where Program Director Lee Michaels gave airtime to the station's resident DJ team, the Hot Mix 5 ( Ralph Rosario, Mickey " Mixin " Oliver, Scott " Smokin " Silz, Kenny " Jammin " Jason, and Farley " Jackmaster " Funk ).

Despite a stellar cast led by Mason, Donald Sutherland, Jason Robards and Matthew Broderick, Simon's script was a letdown and the film failed at the box office.

Despite this title, the series has no story connections to the film series of the same name, as Jason Voorhees does not make an appearance, nor does any character connected to the films.

Despite calls from Jason Gillespie and Ian Chappell for his inclusion in the side for the 2006 – 07 Ashes series in Australia, Tait did not get a place in the team with the selectors opting for Stuart Clark who proved effective and quashed hope of Tait cracking the side for a while longer.

Despite this, Jason has a hard time adjusting and is constantly beaten and harassed by the local bullies.

Despite these difficulties, Jacobson easily won re-election in 2004 against Democratic challenger Jason Stanton.

Despite the dismantling of the podcasts and shows, many ex-1UP staff have since gone on to create their own unrelated gaming shows, podcasts, and websites, such as The Geekbox ( with Ryan Scott ), Eat-Sleep-Game and their Rebel FM podcast ( with Anthony Gallegos ), and Area 5 TV with their weekly video podcast, " CO-OP " ( with ex-1UP Staff Ryan O ' Donnell, Matt Chandronait, Jason Bertrand, Jay Frechette, Rob Bowen, and Cesar Quintero ).

Despite losing Clarke and Jason Gillespie in quick succession to send the team to 264 for 7, Ponting battled on before eventually succumbing to Harmison after seven hours on the crease to record the first Australian century of the series with a score of 156.

Despite losing Clarke and Jason Gillespie in quick succession to send the team to 264 for 7, Ponting battled on before eventually succumbing to Harmison after seven hours on the crease to record the first Australian century of the series with a score of 156.

Despite having been a CSI for six or seven years, Greg was the only one of the CSIs not seen carrying a gun whenever he went into the field but in the Season 11 episode, " Targets of Obsession ", he was seen with a gun during the standoff with Jason McCann.

Despite spending a majority of his first season in Jersey Flegg, Anasta made his first grade début at the age of 18 on 2 June 2000 against the Parramatta Eels at Parramatta Stadium, filling in for the injured Jason Hetherington.

Despite his homophobia, Jason stuck by Todd when others, such as Gail Platt, persecuted him because of him being gay.

Despite later on being involved with Sarah Louise, Jason always despised Gail and even though his mother Eileen is now friends with Gail, Jason still hates her.

Despite this, Jason is good friends with Kevin and supports him when he wins £ 200, 000 on a scratchcard.

Allmusic reviewer Bradley Torreano praised the EP, writing that " Despite the fact that few outside of the juggalo family will give this a chance, this might be one of the most accurate portrayals of the mood of most unhappy young people in 2002 ".

Despite critical acclaim from numerous outlets, including Allmusic, The Chicago Tribune, and The Village Voice, Summerteeth sold approximately 200, 000 copies — a modest number compared to the sales of 1996's Being There.

Despite saying that the album was " obviously aimed at longtime fans ," Greg Prato of Allmusic gave it three-and-a-half stars, with his review making note of the " beefed-up " Patsy Cline and Hank Williams covers.

Despite a large number of Homo fossils finds, chimpanzee fossils ( genus Pan ) were not described until 2005.

Despite not adhering to the relational model as described by Codd, it has become the most widely used database language.

Despite his Roman Catholic post, Garvin described his spiritual position as " pandeism ' or ' pan-en-deism ,' something very close to the Native American concept of the all-pervading Great Spirit ..."

Despite the safeguards built into the constitutions of most of these organizations, courts and tribunals, the concept of universal jurisdiction is controversial among those states which prefer unilateral to multilateral solutions through the use of executive or military authority, sometimes described as realpolitik-based diplomacy.

Despite his pragmatic acceptance of the new power balance in the Pacific after World War II and his strong support for the American alliance, he publicly professed continued admiration for links with Britain, exemplified by his admiration for Queen Elizabeth II, and famously described himself as " British to the bootstraps ".

Despite allegations of electoral fraud, Eyadéma won 57 % of the votes in the 2003 elections, which international observers from the African Union described as generally free and transparent.

Despite holding a master's degree in an era when American conscripts often lacked a high school diploma, Lehrer served as an enlisted soldier, achieving the rank of Specialist Third Class ( later retitled " Specialist-4 " and currently " Specialist "), which he described as being a " corporal without portfolio ".

Despite the expense, vanilla is highly valued for its flavor, which author Frederic Rosengarten, Jr. described in The Book of Spices as " pure, spicy, and delicate " and its complex floral aroma depicted as a " peculiar bouquet ".

Mazzini, in turn, described Marx as " a destructive spirit whose heart was filled with hatred rather than love of mankind " and declared that " Despite the communist egalitarianism which preaches he is the absolute ruler of his party, admittedly he does everything himself but he is also the only one to give orders and he tolerates no opposition.

" Despite his strictness and dogmatism, he has also been described as contributing to the struggle for genuine human freedom, by teaching a duty to oppose unjust government in order to bring about moral and spiritual change.

Despite its promise of nuclear safety, SDI was described by many of its critics ( including Soviet nuclear physicist and later peace activist Andrei Sakharov ) as being even more dangerous than MAD because of these political implications.

" Despite AIM's assertion of political neutrality, it is frequently described by the mainstream media and other media watchdog groups as a conservative organization.

Despite his signing of the " Civil Constitution of the Clergy ", Louis had been described as a martyr by Pope Pius VI in 1793.

Despite being the predicted winner of this year's Long Walk, having been described as " moose-like " and able to walk long distances with little difficulty, Scramm succumbs to pneumonia.

Despite the currently narrow entrances, this cistern ( 17 and 16 are the same cistern ) is a large vaulted chamber, which Warren described as looking like the inside of the cathedral at Cordoba ( which was previously a mosque ).

Despite the fact that eastern Bolivia is described a lowland in when seeing the general topography of the country there are mountains and mountain ranges well beyond the Andes.

Despite extensive promotion by Benson, Home At Last generally received negative reviews, including that of Rupert Loydell who described it as " a disorganised, half-produced, and ultimately unsatisfying hotchpotch of songs ".

Despite this, Eddie later described himself as " satisfied " with the tour.

Despite the abandonment of his " Mythomorphic Abstractionism " ( as described by ARTnews ), Rothko would still be recognized by the public primarily for his " Surrealist " works, for the remainder of the 1940s.

Despite the struggle to get food and shelter in those early days, John Bennion described Field ’ s Bottom in these words:

( 1 ) Despite the rules of common law, a person described in subsection ( 2 ) who voluntarily and without reasonable expectation of compensation or reward provides the services described in that subsection is not liable for damages that result from the person's negligence in acting or failing to act while providing the services, unless it is established that the damages were caused by the gross negligence of the person.

Despite these comments, it is important to note that the ' bounce ' described is characteristic of many African American vernacular dance forms.

Despite this innovation, the system was described by commentators at the time as one " in chaos ".

Despite this, he wrote an encyclical pleading for international reconciliation, Pacem, Dei Munus Pulcherrimum There is a statue in Saint Peter's Basilica of the Pontiff absorbed in prayer, kneeling on a tomb which commemorates a fallen soldier of the war, which he described as a " useless massacre.