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White knight

1 *The White Knight Fitzgibbon, an extinct hereditary Anglo-Norman title of nobility used

in Ireland


White knight

1 *White knight (business), a

friendly investor in business


White knight - In literature

1 *The White Knight (Through the Looking Glass), a character in

Through the Looking Glass which resembles the chess-piece


White knight - Vehicles

1 *Scaled Composites White Knight, the aircraft used to carry and launch Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne



1 **Scaled Composites White Knight Two, the technological successor of the first



1 *White Knights, the nickname for the HMM-165 helicopter squadron in the United States

Marine Corps



1 *Posnansky/Fronius PF-1 White Knight, glider


White knight - Entertainment

1 *The White Knight (Cledus Maggard song)|The White Knight (Cledus

Maggard song), a 1976 hit single by Cledus Maggard



1 *The White Knight is also a nickname for Pittsburgh Penguin's superstar Evgeni Malkin.



1 *White Knight is a play-able character class in the ever popular MMORPG Maplestory.



1 *White Knight (film)|White Knight (film), an Indian short documentary film directed by Aarti Shrivastava


White knight - Other uses

1 *White knight (business), a corporation, private company, or person that intends to

help a firm



1 *White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, one of the most violent and militant

branches of the Ku Klux Klan



1 *White Knight (chocolate), an

Australian mint flavored chocolate candy bar



1 *White Knight (software)|White Knight (software), a terminal program for Macintosh

computers



1 *White Knight tumble dryers, a brand of Crosslee

plc


White Knight (software)

1 'White Knight' was a commercial communications software|program

by Scott Watson for the Apple Macintosh that replaced his Red

Ryder (software)|Red Ryder bulletin board system (BBS) software.


White Knight (software)

1 Watson's two products were perfectly suited to sell via a Bulletin Board

System. White Knight universalized the Mac, enabling it to communicate with most other personal computer|

PC and Mainframe computer|mainframe makes. Second Sight

enabled anyone to set up a BBS with a Mac and modem.


White Knight Fitzgibbon

1 The 'Pedigree of The White Knight' was one of three hereditary

knighthoods within Ireland dating from the medieval

period.[http://www.burkes-peerage.net/articles/peerage/page66-knight.aspx Burke's Peerage - Article

Library - A to Z Definition Guide] It was held by the Fitzgibbon family,

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White Knight Fitzgibbon - History

1 A kinsman, the Earl of Desmond, acting as Count Palatine, is said to have conferred the title of 'White

Knight' on Gilbert as well as the titles of Knight of Glin (or Glynn) and Knight of Kerry on two of Gilbert's

brothers.Forester, Henry Rumsey The pocket peerage of Great Britain and Ireland 1852 p.88 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?

id=_bEKAAAAYAAJpg=PA88dq=%22white+knight%22++gilbert+geraldas_brr=3ei=rESaSvCNJqG8zgSyrbjODgc

lient=firefox-a#v=onepageq=%22white%20knight%22%20%20gilbert%20geraldf=false] The Knight of Glin is also known as the Knight of the Valley, 'valley'

being the English for 'glin' ( this Gaelic word is also the source of the borrowed English word 'glen').



1 One notable White Knight was Edmund FitzGibbon.



1 His eldest male descendent were constantly denominated by that title until the time of Queen Elizabeth, when John Og FitzGibbon, the then White Knight, who had taken an active part in the

Desmond Rebellions of his kinsman The Earl of Desmond, was attainted by act of parliament, after his death, by the name of John Fitzgerald, The White Knight, or

John Og FitzJohn, Knight, FitzGibbon.


White Knight Fitzgibbon - The White Knight

1 * Maurice Fitzgibbon, 1st

White Knight (d. 1357)



1 * Maurice Fitzgibbon, 4th

White Knight (d. 1419)



1 * Maurice Mor Fitzgibbon, 6th White Knight(d. 1496)



1 * Maurice Oge Fitzgibbon, 7th White Knight(d. 1530)



1 * Maurice Fitzgibbon, 8th White Knight (d. 1543)



1 * Maurice Oge Fitzgibbon, 12th White Knight (d.

1611) — no children. cites



1 Margaret (1602–1666), was the granddaughter of Edmond

Fitzgibbon, 11th White Knight and sister and heiress of Maurice Oge

Fitzgibbon, 12th White Knight


The White Knight (Through the Looking Glass)

1 The 'White Knight' is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's book Through the Looking-

Glass.


The White Knight (Through the Looking Glass) - Storyline

1 The White Knight saves Alice from his opponent, the Red Knight. He

repeatedly falls off his horse and lands on his head, and tells Alice of

his inventions, which consists of things such as a pudding with

ingredients like blotting paper, an upside down container, and anklets

to guard his horse against shark bites.


The White Knight (Through the Looking Glass) - Film incarnations

1 * In the Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|2010 movie the White Knight is one of the White Queen (Through the

Looking Glass)|White Queen's soldiers. He looks almost exactly like the real chess piece, he has the head

of a horse.


White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

1 Similar to the United Klans of America (UKA), the White Knights of Mississippi were very secretive about

their group


White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan - The Murder of Civil Rights Activists

1 In his first attempt to kill Michael Schwerner, Bowers assembled thirty

White Knights on the evening of Memorial Day in 1964, and

surrounded the Mount Zion Church while a meeting was taking place

inside



1 They were locked up, denied their right to make phone calls, and kept there, while Price worked out the

details of their murder with a White Knight member, Edgar Ray Killen



1 Lawrence Rainey and Cecil Price were indicted in 1965, but it was not until 1967 when eighteen members of the White Knights who were also involved in the crime were indicted


White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan - The End of the White Knights

1 In 1989, The White Knights of Mississippi went national, and

appointed professional wrestler Johnny Lee Clary, whose stage name was Johnny Angel, as its new Imperial

Wizard to succeed the retiring Sam Bowers


White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan - The End of the White Knights

1 With the conviction of Killen in 2005, the bloody chapter of the White Knights of Mississippi came to a

close. Price died in 2001, and Roberts is also deceased. Today, the MS

White Knights are led under Imperial Wizard Richard Green with over 100

members in Mississippi.


The White Knight (book)

1 'The White Knight' is a biography of the author Lewis Carroll by Alexander

L. Taylor, first published in 1952.


White knight (business)

1 White knights are preferred by the board of directors (when directors

are acting in good faith with regards to the interest of the corporation and

its shareholders) and/or management as in most cases as

they do not replace the current board or management with a new board



1 The first type, the white knight, refers to the friendly acquirer of a target firm in a takeover|hostile

takeover attempt by another firm. The intent of the Takeover|acquisition is to circumvent the takeover of the

object of interest by a third, unfriendly entity, which is perceived

to be less favorable. The knight might defeat the undesirable entity

by offering a higher and more enticing bid, or strike a favorable deal with the management of the

object of acquisition.



1 A 'white squire' which is similar to a white knight, except it only exercises

a significant minority stake, as opposed to a majority stake


White knight (business) - Hostile firm's strategies

1 * The strategy that is usually employed by the Hostile Firm is

making an offer more lucrative than the White Knight's, so that the

shareholders consider rejecting the White Knight's bid. This, however,

can lead to bidding wars and finally to overpaying, by one or the other,

for the target firm.


White knight (business) - Hostile firm's strategies

1 * Another option is known as the NL strategy. Here, the hostile firm allows the white knight to move ahead and waits for the acquisition to take place. Once things are settled between the two entities, the Hostile Firm launches a takeover offer for the White Knight. This takeover offer is generally a hostile one. The target (firm

being bid on) can enter into with the White Knight to prevent it from turning Gray

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White knight (business) - Examples of white knights

1 * 1984 - Chevron Corporation acquired Gulf Oil after Gulf tried

being a white knight to Citgo in 1982 in order for Citgo to avoid a hostile

takeover by T. Boone Pickens. Pickens then turned his attention to Gulf, leading to the Chevron-Gulf deal.


White knight (business) - Examples of white knights

1 * 2007 - Nissin Foods launching a friendly 37bn yen ($314m; £166m) bid for Myojo Foods after US hedge

fund Steel Partners offered 29bn yen to buy the

firm.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6150196.stm Cup Noodle white

knight ups bid]


White Knight (chocolate)

1 A 'White Knight' is a chocolate-coated, chewy, Peppermint|mint-

flavoured confectionery bar sold in Australia. It is manufactured by

Nestlé Australia. The packaging is blue and white and features a picture of a knight on a horse. Its slogan is

'Mighty Mint Chew'.


White Knight (film)

1 'White Knight' is a documentary film directed by Aarti Shrivastava. Its subject is Chewang Norphel, a 78-year-old engineer in Leh who, over the last 15 years, has invented and implemented a technology that is helping provide a solution to an ecological disaster created by

climate change.


White Knight (film) - Reviews

1 “Saw the film White Knight and really liked it – the style and telling was

gripping, the camerawork superb – and the subject is so key.

Congratulations. I recommended it to the Houston Indian Film Festival. All

the best.” - Uma Da Cunha, Publisher Editor, Film India Worldwide.


White Knight (film) - Reviews

1 “Thank you so much for allowing us to present your wonderful film, White Knight, in

SAFF Canada


The White Knight (Cledus Maggard song)

1 'The White Knight' is a novelty country music song made famous by

Jay Huguely, who - recording as Cledus Maggard The Citizen's Band -

enjoyed a brief run of national popularity with the song when it

became popular in 1976 in country music|1976.


The White Knight (Cledus Maggard song) - Plot

1 Huguely's finished product was a story about an over-the-road truck

driver who receives a CB call from an individual claiming to be a truck driver. Identifying himself as The

White Knight, the other driver broadcasts information to the main

protagonist that there are no smokeys (police officers) in sight and that he can drive as fast as he wants

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1 Unfortunately for the song's hero, The White Knight is a corrupt

highway patrolman who has used the CB radio to broadcast misleading

traffic information to truck drivers, hoping to lure them into a speed trap



1 The White Knight appears in a cameo in the follow-up single, Kentucky Rum-running|

Moonrunner. While the singer in The White Knight attempts to speed only when he believes

no cops are present, the titular Kentucky Moonrunner simply outruns them with superior speed, recorded at over 150 miles per hour. The White Knight catches the Kentucky Moonrunner when he crosses into Georgia from Tennessee,

with no explanation of how he could do so when the Tennessee cops could not.


The White Knight (Cledus Maggard song) - Chart performance

1 The White Knight reached number one on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles chart in February 1976 and was a modest pop hit,

peaking at number nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100|Billboard Hot 100.

The song was Maggard's only nationwide release to reach the Top

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White Knight Chronicles - Sequel

1 A sequel titled White Knight Chronicles II

was released in 2010.


White Knight Chronicles (series)

1 'White Knight Chronicles' is a fantasy role-playing video game series

created by Level-5 and SCE Japan Studio that is exclusive to Sony

consoles. The PlayStation 3 titles were developed by Level-5, while the

latest entry for the PlayStation Portable, White Knight Chronicles: Origins|Origins was developed by Matrix Software with no creative

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White Knight Chronicles (series) - Other Media

1 It follows the story of another White Knight who predates the White

Knight hero character of the game.


White Knight Chronicles (series) - Heroes

1 :Leader of the team of Knights, subject to Cisna and Yulie's

affections, pactmaker of Wizel the White Knight. He was found in

ancient ruins when he was an infant. He works as a wine clerk and as

Queen Cisna's bodyguard


White Knight Chronicles (series) - Villains

1 :The main antagonist of the original White Knight Chronicles, leader of

the Magi army, pactmaker of the Sun King and older brother of Kara. He wants to control all the Knights to

become the ruler of the world. He is killed by Madoras


White Knight Chronicles (series) - Incorruptus

1 :A warrior similar to the White Knight in both powers and abilities. Wields a sword and can fly. Kara was the true pactmaker of this knight. Setti later confirms the Black Knight's name as

Divinas but Ebonwings is its nickname because of its spell or its

wings.


Sam Bowers - White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

1 Bowers perceived the original Ku Klux Klan as being too passive. On February 15, 1964, at a meeting in Brookhaven, Mississippi, he

convinced about 200 members of the original Knights to defect and join his Klan,

to be called the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, that would not hesitate to reveal the true nature of CORE, SPLC, NAACP, and

SDS to achieve its goals. He became the group's fraternal imperial wizard.


Marion Military Institute - White Knights

1 Membership in the White Knights is based on military drill proficiency


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