Coordinates: 54°21′07″N 5°43′52″W / 54.352°N 5.731°W / 54.352; -5.731

Down District
Sign bearing Down District Council logo
Geography
Area - Total	Ranked 7th of 26 647 km²
Admin HQ	Downpatrick
ISO 3166-2	GB-DOW
ONS code	95R
Demographics
Population - Total (2010) - Density	Ranked 9th 70,800 109 / km²
Community	Catholic: 62% Protestant: 34%
Politics
Control	No overall control SDLP: 9 Sinn Féin: 5 DUP: 3 UUP: 3 Alliance Party: 1 Green Party: 1 Independent: 1
MLAs	South Down & Strangford DUP: 4 UUP: 3 Sinn Féin: 2 SDLP: 2 Alliance Party: 1
MPs	Margaret Ritchie (SDLP) Jim Shannon (DUP)
Meeting place
Website
http://www.downdc.gov.uk

Down District Council is a Local Council in County Down in Northern Ireland. The Council is headquartered in Downpatrick. Other towns in the Council area are Ardglass, Ballynahinch, Castlewellan, Clough, Crossgar, Dundrum, Killough, Killyleagh, Newcastle, Saintfield, Seaforde and Strangford. It covers a population of nearly 64,000.

The Down District Council area consists of 4 electoral areas: Ballynahinch, Downpatrick, Newcastle and Rowallane. At the last election in 2011, 23 Councillors were elected from the following political parties: 9 SDLP, 5 Sinn Féin, 3 DUP, 3 UUP, 1 Alliance Party, 1 Green Party, 1 Independent. The Council Chairman for the 2011/2012 council term is Councillor Dermot Curran (SDLP) and the Vice Chair is Councillor Liam Johnston (Sinn Féin).

In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is split between the Strangford constituency and the South Down constituency.

Work of the Council[link]

The Council has periodically had to provide funding to ensure that the Saint Patrick Visitor Centre in Downpatrick remains in operation. It has also funded a major promenade infrastructure regeneration in Newcastle. The new promenade has won a number of National awards including a Civic Trust Award for Excellence in the Public Realm.

Review of Public Administration[link]

Under the Review of Public Administration (RPA) the Council was due to merge with Newry and Mourne District Council in 2011 to form a single council for the enlarged area totalling 1539 km² and a population of 150,886.^[1] The first election to the new council was due to take place in May 2009, but on 25 April 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011.^[2] The planned change was abandoned in 2010 and the most recent election took place in May 2011 under the existing boundaries.

See also[link]

• Local Councils in Northern Ireland

References[link]

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External links[link]

• Down District Council website
• Armagh and Down Tourism
• Down County Museum
• Down Arts Centre

District council may refer to:

• A Town council, a unit of local government in many jurisdictions
• A branch of the Local government in the United Kingdom:
  • Supervising one of the Districts of England:
    • A Metropolitan borough
    • A Non-metropolitan district
    • A Unitary authority
  • Supervising one of the Principal Areas of Wales
  • Supervising one of the Subdivisions of Scotland
  • Supervising one of the Districts of Northern Ireland
• One of the District Councils of Hong Kong
• One of the Districts of New Zealand
• Council of the District of Columbia, local government of Washington, D.C.
• A Labour council at a district level

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Karen White is an American author of more than ten romantic fiction novels.

Life and career[link]

White was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and during her childhood lived in numerous states and also in Venezula and London, England, where she graduated from The American School in London. She attended college at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Management,^[1] and was a member of Chi Omega fraternity.^{[citation needed]} It was in London where she developed her love for reading and writing.

Her first book, In the Shadow of the Moon was a double finalist for the Romance Writers of America RITA Award.^[2] The Girl on Legare Street hit The New York Times Best Seller list in November 2009,^[3][4] and On Folly Beach in May 2010, which was also a NYT bestseller.^[5] Most of White's novels are based in the low-country of the southeastern United States. White currently has 12 novels published with her next book, "The Beach Trees" hitting the shelves in May 2011.

White is married with two children.^[1] White is currently published by a division of Penquin Books.

Bibliography[link]

• In the Shadow of the Moon August 2000 ISBN 0-505-52395-7
• Whispers of Goodbye October 2001 ISBN 0-505-52455-4
• Falling Home June 2002 ISBN 0-8217-7338-0
• After the Rain April 2003 ISBN 0-8217-7339-9
• The Color of Light June 2005 ISBN 0-451-21511-7
• Blessings of Mossy Creek June 2004 ISBN 0-9673035-5-9
• Pieces of the Heart April 2006 ISBN 0-451-21767-5
• Learning to Breathe March 2007 ISBN 0-451-22035-X
• The Memory of Water March 2008 ISBN 0-451-22303-9
• The House on Tradd Street November 2008 ISBN 0-451-22509-0
• The Lost Hours April 2009 ISBN 0-451-22649-6
• The Girl On Legare Street November 2009 ISBN 0-451-22799-9
• On Folly Beach May 2010 ISBN 0-451-22921-5

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Kelly, Cara (May 12, 2010). "Karen White sets her latest novel on Folly Beach". Charleston City Paper. http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/karen-white-sets-her-latest-novel-on-folly-beach/Content?oid=1968351. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 
• Bauer, Marilyn (May 20, 2010). "White writes of love, loss through the years". TCPalm. http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/may/20/love-loss-multigenerational-subject-of-novel/. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 

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Nisan Stewart is a noted drummer, record producer and songwriter. Having worked with Timbaland and Missy Elliott on Missy Elliott's earlier work (This Is Not a Test!),^[1] he co-produced Karen Clark Sheard's 2002 album 2nd Chance, and co-produced and co-wrote the Nelly Furtado single "No Hay Igual" (from her 2006 album Loose) with Timbaland. Stewart and Timbaland also co-wrote and produced a song on rapper Busta Rhymes's 2006 album The Big Bang. He is currently the musical director for Jamie Foxx, and 50 Cent.

He currently is featured on P.Diddy's series making his band.

Productions discography[link]

References[link]