Iraqi citizens from northwest Baghdad fill the Shula Sports Club, Nov. 15, for a small-business seminar hosted by Sheik Mahmoud, chairman of the Shula Neighborhood Council. 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."