what do libraries, landscaping, lighting and liqour have in common?

How interesting. While helping a student do some research on the Australian landscaping suppliers market, I discovered that there's another ALIA in Australia which has nothing to do with libraries. Unfortunately for them, the Australian Landscape Industry Association did not get any ALIA domain names.

My curiousity piqued, I then discovered that the Australasian Lighting Industry Association has the alia.com.au domain.

I mustn't forget the Australian Liquor Industry Awards, which are sometimes known as the ALIA awards, but mustn't be confused with these ones.

There's a school in Victoria called Alia Secondary College, although it's website seems to be down right now.

Finally, there's an Alia involved in an Australian scandal, although it's not actually Australian. It is the name of the company which was a front for the previous Iraqi regime. The Australian Wheat Board paid bribes to the Iraqi government through Alia. Well, that's still not as bad as enduring all the Symbionese Liberation Army jokes from a former co-worker whenever I attended an Special Libraries Association function.

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[sirexkat]

My 3 year old has a little girl friend called "Aliah". I find it bizarre when I say things to him like "Do you think Aliah would like that?" or "I just saw you give Aliah a big hug".