Regardless when and by what route it reached England and the British colonies in its recognizable form, croquet is, like pall mall, trucco, jeu de mail and kolven, clearly a derivative of ground billiards, which was popular in Western Europe back to at least the 14th century, with roots in classical antiquity.

Regardless, Babieca became a great warhorse, famous to the Christians, feared by El Cid's enemies, and loved by El Cid, who allegedly requested that Babieca be buried with him in the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña.

Regardless of the accuracy of these allegations, the club's image was tarnished, and the side experienced its lowest period during the decade that followed, with poor results on the field and decreased support off it.

Regardless of the legal disagreements surrounding Lovecraft's works, Lovecraft himself was extremely generous with his own works and actively encouraged others to borrow ideas from his stories, particularly with regard to his Cthulhu mythos.

Regardless, comparison with a horse proved to be an enduring marketing tool.

Regardless of the origin, it is clear that the majority of IC / BPS patients struggle with a damaged urothelium, or bladder lining.

Regardless, Soliah and Jim Kilgore, along with her brother Steve and sister Josephine followed the SLA closely, but did not join.

Regardless of what happened in 1921, Jardine's conflicts with Australia solidified after he was selected to tour the country in 1928 – 29.

Regardless of how it is interpreted, intuitionism does not equate the truth of a mathematical statement with its provability.

Regardless of its strength, morality presents us with meaning, whether this is created or ' implanted ,' which helps us get through life.

Regardless of road or home games, the batting helmets used are green with gold brim.

Regardless, the Indian cards have many distinctive features: they are round, generally hand painted with intricate designs, and comprise more than four suits — often as many as thirty two, like a deck in the Deutsches Spielkarten-Museum, painted in the Mewar, a city in Rajasthan, between the 18th and 19th century.

Regardless of type, an individual with sleep apnea is rarely aware of having difficulty breathing, even upon awakening.

Regardless, he has some familiarity with advanced alien technologies that surpass the understanding of most Earthlings, and has been shown as a crafty strategist when not blinded by rage.

Regardless of their orientation, most congregations are fairly open to differing beliefs, though not always with various faith traditions represented to the same degree.

Regardless, Glycerius tried to be reconciled with the Eastern court or, at least, to cause as few conflicts as possible with it.

Regardless, on the strength of the donation of Avignon, Queen Joanna I of Sicily, as countess of Provence, sold the city to Clement VI for 80, 000 florins on 9 June 1348 and, though it was later the seat of more than one antipope, Avignon belonged to the Papacy until 1791, when, during the disorder of the French Revolution, it was reincorporated with France.

Regardless of regional and ethnic differences ( in accents ), the " colloquial " South African English accent is often confused with Australian ( or New Zealand ) English by British and American English speakers.

Regardless of whatever may have given rise to initial reports of a " missing hyphen ", the simplest and most consistent-sounding explanation that the public and Congress would accept would probably have been preferable to those who simply wanted to get on with the job of a Venus fly-by mission.

Regardless, Mr. and Mrs. Beiderbecke apparently felt that a boarding school would provide their son with both the necessary faculty attention and discipline to improve his academic performance.

Regardless of their size or intended use, all buildings in the US must comply with zoning ordinances, building codes and other regulations such as fire codes, life safety codes and related standards.

Regardless, it is acknowledged that American isolationism subsided only after major shocks associated with the Spanish-American War and the two world wars.

Regardless of what kind of fluid is being dealt with, convective acceleration is a nonlinear effect.

Regardless of rules of tagging, you can not pin your own tag team partner, even if it is technically possible from the rules of the match ( e. g. Texas Tornado rules, or a three-way tag team match ).

Regardless of the antipathy to Eriksson expressed by some in the UK media, the England team professed total confidence in him and threatened to strike during one media driven campaign to oust him.

Regardless of Stalin's death in 1952, the USSR and its satellite countries continued to encourage workers to exceed production targets and to publicise those who did so. In September 1959 near Neustrelitz, East Germany, a forester on his Simson ( company )# 250cc road models | AWO 425T motorcycle congratulates a team of women who achieved 184 % of work target by planting 25, 000 saplings in the time that they were set a quota of 16, 000.

Regardless of location, the team set records in 2010 for attendance ( 3, 647, 249 fans, averaging 45, 028 ) and sellouts ( 81 ), extending a streak dating back to July of 2009 to 123 straight sellouts.

Regardless, the Ford team apparently did independently invent modern mass production techniques in the period of 1905-1915, and they themselves were not aware of any borrowing from Taylorism.

Regardless of the number of goals scored during the shootout by either team, the final score awards the winning team one more goal than the score at the end of regulation time ( or overtime ).

Regardless, all members of a team wear the same uniform ( home, away or alternate ) in each game.

Regardless, following the release of Star Wars, Dykstra and his team won Academy Awards for best special effects and special technical achievement.

Regardless of equipment, it is important to report even minor symptoms to a trainer or team physician, and to allow appropriate recovery time.

Regardless, his team mates continued to select him as captain, trusting in his knowledge and understanding of the game.

Regardless, the local football team is still nicknamed ' The Zeps ' after this event.

Regardless, the team hoped to carry the momentum into 1991.

Regardless which team you choose to play its squad will be replaced with generic squad consisting of fictional players.

Regardless, her third place finish meant that she was on the World team and heading to the World Championships.

Regardless, with Ben Roethlisberger at the helm establishing the passing game, the Steelers went on collect their sixth championship ring in Super Bowl XLIII, becoming the first team in NFL history to obtain this amount.

Regardless, the territory was formally transferred to Cameroon on 14 August 2008.

Regardless, his Imperial titles did not pass to his daughters ( the Empire operated Salic Law which prevented female succession ), so became extinct on his death in 1722.

Regardless of the outcome, all knights are immediately deactivated, and the barbarian ship returns to its starting point on the track.

Regardless, the diagnosis of endocarditis is based on clinical features, investigations such as an echocardiogram, and blood cultures demonstrating the presence of endocarditis-causing microorganisms.

Regardless of the reason, before applying for a gun permit one must receive a medical exam and a test on the knowledge of weapons.

") Regardless of whether the joke teller was female or male, a portion of the fence would swing up and hit them on the rear end after the punch line was delivered.

Regardless, in the 1980s, a pilot plant for mass deacidification using this process was constructed by NASA and was tested on books provided by the Library of Congress.

Regardless, as the Toyotomi side lost, it has been suggested that Musashi fled as well and spent some time training on Mount Hiko.

Regardless of anything that might happen on the field of play, this move represented an entirely new era for the Giants and their fans.

Regardless of the unceremonious end to the 1994 season, Kenny Rogers pitched the 12th perfect game in Major League history on July 28.

Regardless of whether the document is HTML or XHTML, when stored on a file system or transmitted over a network, the document's characters are encoded as a sequence of bit octets ( bytes ) according to a particular character encoding.

Regardless on how accurate this output power is regarding intelligible speech, having a standard output SINAD allows for easy comparison between radio receiver input sensitivities.

Regardless of the rank of the feast being celebrated, the Lenten hymns contained in the Triodion are never omitted, but are always chanted in their entirety, even on the feast of the Annunciation.

Regardless of the details, it was only possible to verify the number of tokens inside by shaking the vessel or by breaking it, at which point the number or terms written on the outside became subject to doubt.

Regardless of how a bill is placed on the calendar, once the bill is considered and adopted, this is called the third reading.

Regardless, Speed continues to air the majority of sports car racing seen on television, with only a handful seen elsewhere, primarily on local stations.

Regardless of its true origin, McCrae worked on the poem for months before considering it ready for publication.

Regardless of whether LGBT youth develop their identity based on a model, the typical age at which youth in the United States come out has been dropping.

Regardless, however, Gaiseric had soon retaken Mauretania Sitifensis and Mauretania Caesariensis, as well as taking Sardinia and Corsica, and conducting devastating raids on Sicily.

Regardless of how long it takes to learn a dance program, there is, generally speaking, universal agreement that the result should be confident dancers that can handle themselves on a public dance floor with a variety of callers, unfamiliar choreography, and the challenge of dancing with strangers at the learned level.