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Under most circumstances , I would have to say that Shawn and I are pretty much on the same page . The Institute has also developed a constituency outreach guide and sponsored pilot programs to promote town-hall style exchanges between members of Parliament and the citizens they represent . It 'll probably be at the home office , so get ready for a visit to some exotic locale , like Evanston or Rochester . Despite relative political and economic stability , Colombian democracy is increasingly under threat from left-wing guerrillas , the growing narcotics industry and the political violence generated by paramilitary groups . I do n't care who you are , if you do n't allow yourself to blow off a little steam now and then you 'll end up in a padded cell , having conversations with your pet moth and molding chess pieces out of your own feces . You 'll be at the home office for at least a week . During the 2000 election , both institutions ultimately decided against observing the run-off election on the basis that the election would not meet the minimum international standards for a credible , democratic process . Elections under President Aliyev have not met international standards . The Institute implements such programs by facilitating regular meetings between leaders of civil society groups , organizing seminars to discuss the role of civil society in a democracy and arranging workshops and consultations for groups to build their internal capacity . A multinational NDI delegation presented international principles at the conference and consulted with the CSE , political parties and civil society about ways to ensure that legal challenges are not used by parties to unfairly invalidate ballots or otherwise undermine the will of the voters . " It was for this reason we spent so much time devising original and dangerous games at home . If you can think of a job like that , please tell me . A Manual on How Local Government Works was produced and distributed to improve communication between citizens and their local representatives . Now , if you see a stalemate coming , it 's best to get yourself into the Roshambo headspace . These include increases in the number of Supreme Court justices , disputed nominations to the National Electoral Council , legal proceedings against prominent civil society and opposition leaders , new regulations on media , and broad penal code revisions . I guess if I had to isolate one thing that bothers me most about my work with Shawn at PSYCH , aside from the utter lack of a solid workday routine ( an adjunct to Shawn 's absolute opposition to routines of any kind ) , it would have to be the dead bodies . That person sitting next to you in the squad car or walking your beat with you can mean the difference between getting your 30-Year Pin or your Spouse / Domestic Partner getting their Widow 's Pension . Against the backdrop of decreasing confidence in the 2003 elections process and expectations for low participation , NDI worked with a coalition of Guatemalan advocacy , human rights , political party training and think-tank groups to organize the country 's first nationwide election monitoring effort - Mirador Electoral 2003 : Somos tus ojos Guatemala ( Election Observer 2003 : We are your eyes Guatemala ) . How do you look some fresh faced eager beaver in the eye and tell him he and his betrothed already have the deck stacked against him ? NDI has also commissioned focus groups to explore some of the particular challenges Palestinian democrats face , such as managing the perceived conflict between secular politics and Islam and linking the push to " reform " the PA with U.S. and Israeli policy interests . Independence was followed by a period of increasingly centralized government under the People 's National Congress ( PNC ) where racial divisions weakened and eventually undermined democratic institutions . Elections for a four year , 275-member permanent legislature under the new constitution took place on December 15 . Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin . These songs are everywhere , maybe if we put them away for a decade or so , we might get to hear something different , like , say , Bill Withers ' " Use Me " .