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To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (56609)	12/9/1999 8:30:00 PM
From: Aggie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

Slider, slightly OT "Thursday December 9 3:24 AM ET Rocker Carlos Santana claims religious vision By Karina Balderas MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican-born rock star Carlos Santana said Wednesday he had spoken to the country's most revered religious figure -- the Virgin of Guadalupe -- while praying. Santana, who rose to fame with hits like ''Black Magic Woman'' and recently headed the U.S. album charts with his band's album ''Supernatural,'' also declared that marijuana was not a drug. The 52-year-old rock star told a packed news conference -- characterized by a strong stench of incense -- in a Mexico City hotel that the Virgin of Guadalupe, the Mexican version of the Virgin Mary, ''spoke to him'' while he was praying in church. ''My heart was transformed into a bird of fire that only wanted to fly and go toward her,'' said Santana. ''I started to cry -- I'd never cried in my life -- and she said, 'Calm down, breathe, I am very proud and happy with you,''' Santana said. ''When the mother of Guadalupe tells you this, you are alive,'' Santana added. He did not say exactly when the conversation occurred. The Virgin's image is jealously guarded in Mexico, where she is seen as a symbol of nationhood. Santana's words came just four days before millions of Mexicans start their annual pilgrimage to the Basilica of Guadalupe, in the north of Mexico City, where according to legend the Virgin appeared to the Indian Juan Diego in 1531. Santana dedicated his new album to ''God, who put me in touch with angels, outside and inside my eyes.'' Reporters at the meeting to promote a concert in Mexico City Friday appeared skeptical of the rocker's words, one saying: ''The Virgin didn't even say so much to Juan Diego.'' Santana went on to discuss the merits of marijuana. ''Marijuana is not a drug and if factories are set up here to make clothes, tofu cheese, medicine and paper from marijuana, we won't have to chop down so many trees,'' said the singer, prompting confused looks from his assistants." Reuters/Variety Well...it looks like Carlos has finally drifted around the bend and become the Ganja poster boy. The good news is, he's also not worried about the OSX. I, on the other hand, have been praying just as hard on a different subject, and I ain't seen no stinkin' virgin yet. Regards, Aggie

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (56609)	12/9/1999 8:40:00 PM
From: Tomas	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 95453

North Sea production will peak next year, according to The Royal Bank of Scotland's latest market report. But, despite strong oil prices averaging almost $25 for Brent crude in November, capital investment in the sector is only expected to rise marginally in 2000. The RBS report says:"Producers remember too well the fall in price last year and do not regard current price levels as sustainable - they are certainly no basis on which to plan." It says a larger increase in investment depends on there being confidence that prices will remain above $14. Steven Scullion, head of research at Wood MacKenzie, said the number of exploration appraisal wells being drilled in the North Sea was falling steadily and would be 30-40 this year compared with around 60 last year. "Exploration managers are having to compete for resources with their counterparts in the Gulf of Mexico, where there have been three billion barrel discoveries in the last six months, and West Africa. The number of corporate mergers still being worked through is also causing a bit of an investment vacuum," he said. From Financial Times, December 9