Carolyn Harris
Egyptologists like Morenz, Piankoff, Mercer, Frankfort, Faulkner, Assmann, Hornung or Allen have good reasons to stress the difference between the Greek and the Pharaonic perspective on initiation (from the Latin “initio”, introduce into a new life). The Egyptians maintained a series of rituals aimed at “a constantly renewed regeneration” (Hornung, 2001, p.14). At best, the Greeks induced the point of death in order to glimpse into its darkness, to “see the goddess” and renew. But they had no “science of the Hades” as in the Amduat. The active continuity between life and death found in Egypt, contradicts the closed and separated interpretation of the Greeks, fostering “escapism” (the “body” as a “prison” out of which one needs to escape). In Egypt, no “new” life was necessary. Death could bring “more” life. For both life and the afterlife depended on identical conditions : offerings ; either directly to the deities through Pharaoh or indirectly to the Ka of the deceased. If dualism fits the Greeks, triadism is Egyptian.
Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes
After Jean Todt, Ferrari will have yet another former member of the Maranello organization joining the International Automobile Federation (FIA) for the future. We’re talking about the Italian team’s engine chief Gilles Simon, who has been picked by the new president of the FIA to investigate new environmentally friendly technologies for the future of the sport.
Things are getting better for General Motors, as sales of both Buick LaCrosse and Chevrolet Malibu are going well in the United States. As a result, the former bankrupt manufacturer is now planning to boost capacity at the Fairfax assembly plant and establish a three-shift working schedule to align production with market demand.
Google has finished off its holiday doodle series with a very interesting image of the moon and a space ship complete with Christmas lights to give it a festive touch. The image was a bit of a mystery for most people, but it all makes sense when you realize that Google is funding an ambitious project, the Google Lunar X Prize, to put a robot on the Moon designed for privately funded teams.
… but it plans to focus on making motorcycles. Bajaj Auto, India’s second-biggest motorcycle maker by sales, announced plans to stop scooter production by the end of March 2010, because of lower sales in this segment. 
The official specifications of the 2011 Ford Mustang GT have been revealed. Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, we already knew the basic specs of the muscle icon, but now Ford Motor Company has released the full details.
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Reigning MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi could have really spiced up his motor racing programme for the 2010 season with a tremendous debut in the famous Le Mans 24 Hours Race. As confirmed by the Italian rider himself, former Grand Prix racer Jean Alesi offered Rossi the possibility to join him in a Ferrari 430 GT2 car during next year’s event.
As the war on terror keeps dragging on, the need for better equipped vehicles to be used in Afghanistan increases. Since the factory-built armor for the MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) used there seems to no longer be enough, the US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC) awarded Oshkosh Defense with a $54 million contract for the delivery of 970 add-on protection kits for the aforementioned vehicles. 
General Motors will have a new CFO starting January 1, 2010, so financial issues needed to be worked out by the end of this year. GM’s new chief financial officer will have a salary of $750,000 a year and will get up to another $5.45 million worth of stock starting 2012 if GM successfully sells shares to the public.
After managing to secure a Top Safety Pick from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the International Car of the Year (ICOTY), Ford’s Taurus managed to get the highest ranking from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for driver and passenger in front and side crash tests.