The XIII U.B.I. Congress
        
                          
            
    
    
 
    
        
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             Salerno, March 20-22nd 2009 
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             XIII U.B.I. Congress 
            by Mrs. Luciana Queirolo 
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                         Mrs. Luciana photographs the suiseki lovers' Party visiting the Amalfi Cathedral , dedicated to St. Andrew. 
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             The task of judge in charge of the stones' selection of the U.B.I. Contest , Mrs. Luciana Queirolo, IBS Instructor, President of AIAS this year has been extremely helped by the availability of the U.B.I. Board to admit in the Catalogue all suiseki presented. 
              
            We sincerely thank for this decision and not because the commitment resulted more slight; on the contrary : the quality of suiseki presented should have rendered really difficult to exclude at least  two of them from the admission to the Catalogue.  
            
            
              
            Furthermore the U.B.I. Board has this year decided to increase to three the U.B.I. Mentions of Merit, 
            In addition the AIAS and the IBS plates have been assigned by the judge Mr. Marino Nikpal, UBI Vice-President, IBS Instructor and Mr. Andrea Schenone IBS Instructor. 
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             Suiseki in exhibition : 
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                        U.B.I. Suiseki Award 2009 
                        
                        Mr. Marino Nikpal 
                        "Maternal love" 
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
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                         U.B.I. Mention of Merit 
                        Mr. Angelo Attinà 
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                         U.B.I. Mention of Merit 
                        Mr. Cesare Fumagalli 
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                          U.B.I. Mention of Merit 
                        Mr. Andrea Schenone 
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                        I.B.S. Plate 
                        Mr. Lorenzo Agnoletti 
                         
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                        A.I.A.S. Plate 
                        Mr. Geppino Mauriello 
                         
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                        Mr. Vito Di Venere 
                        "Geo spirit" 
                        Brazil 
                         
                         
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                        Mrs. Elvira Manuti 
                        "Island in the sun" 
                        Apulia 
                         
                         
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                        Mrs. Daniela Schifano 
                        "Countrysides'  dream" 
                         
                         
                         
                         
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                        Out of contest  
                         Mrs. Luciana Queirolo
                        "The flight" 
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                          
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