One of the many speakers at a small business seminar held in the Shula District of northwest Baghdad provides information to Iraqi citizens from around northwest Baghdad. During the seminar, citizens from the local community were briefed on U.S. Agency for International Development-sponsored micro-finance institutions, business development classes and micro-power generation. "It is exciting to see a Neighborhood Council, like the one in Shula, see the value in hosting a small business seminar," said Maj. Todd Auld, a civil military operations officer with 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. "This type of cooperative event demonstrates a clear desire for a return to normal, everyday life."