Invention: Ultimate body armour

The bullet-proof material consists of three layers (Image: Army Soldiers System Command)

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Some New Yorkers may want to reconsider exclaiming "Thank God" when arriving at their destination subway station beginning Monday. A coalition of atheist groups will place ads in New York subway stations next week.

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A cash-strapped American high school has agreed a deal to put pizza adverts on its exam papers and worksheets.

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It's not your average wildlife documentary, but a kung fu fight between a bear and a hungry fisherman has been voted the funniest TV advert ever. The British commercial for John West tinned salmon battered its rivals to claim No.1 spot in a top ten list.

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Disgusting bathroom habits, advertising awards & Kiwi Kleen.

Stylized looks, cool graphics, single line of copy - and a really really clean layout. Oh, my, this can only mean one thing - it is time for THE AWARDS.

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Toyota redefines ad-nauseum. Monday Night Football fans not amused.

Television viewers are generally a docile bunch, at the given time, they will meekly go and sit in front of the Television, faces raised, eyes bright and a loose grin on their faces. A few have known to drool, but that is purely unsubstantiated.

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Mamas for Obama, a grassroots organization formed by mothers in Los Angeles in support of Barack Obama, today launched their first advertising campaign, which includes more than a dozen original ads with the common theme, "The Republicans Need a Time Out!"

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Ryanair on Friday claimed Sweden's Trade Ethical Council against Sexism in Advertising (ERK) was out of touch with the "Britney Spears generation" after the agency accused the discount airline of running a sexist ad campaign.

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The "Get unhooked" advert aimed at getting people to quit smoking was the most complained about advert last year. The Department of Health advert prompted 774 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

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Shaky hands and even shakier creative ideas

There is no such thing as originality in advertising.

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Playing coy just doesn't work for Canon EOS

I really wanted to like these ads. I really did.

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Yahoo on Monday will launch a new Web site aimed at women. The site, called "Shine," will feature original blogs and content from major publishing partners including Conde Nast, Hearst, and Time.

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To understand just how fervent the buzz has been about the movie, you kind of have to look at how Paramount sold the movie in two completely different ways to two completely different audiences. Or, as I call it: The Tale of Two Cloverfield Campaigns

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Is there a future for Newspapers?

Although I had rather a late night working on my Newsvine column last night, I was awake early this morning, because I needed to get down to my local Newsagents before the Sunday Papers sold out.

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Exactly what it says.

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Advertising jingles used to be all over radio and television, but they seem to have gone into hiding lately. Richard Paul has created a celebration -- and an explanation -- of the nearly-lost art of writing a song to sell a product.

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Irn-Bru, Irn-Bru, it's Facebook for Irn-Bru

The Other National drink from Scotland, Irn-Bru, has gone global with 1,000,000 for Irn-Bru Group on Facebook. Over the years, this national soft drink from Scotland, has gone international and is now being drunk in all corners of the world.

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Yippeeee!!....I'm in Love

I think I'm in love...I, who have never had any time for adverts of any kind, who believe they are pesky, interfering things I can easily do without, am in love with the adverts by Apple Mac. They are just brilliant and are saturated everywhere.

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In A politically correct age, they seem like outrageous anachronisms. And there is no doubt these adverts - many taken from the first half of the last century - reveal just how much women used to be caricatured as downtrodden housewives or hair-brained office girls.

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Don't bother advertising.

Why bother advertising when you don't have anything new to say. It can be annoying, especially when it is belaboring to tell us something we know already. I mean, who needs it? But I am getting ahead of myself. Consider this PSA from the German Olympic Committee.

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The new set of Eurostar ads depict images such as a skinhead urinating in a teacup, John Cleese's silly walk, and Margaret Thatcher popping a balloon.... Any Brits out there recognise themselves?

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Global Business Services unveiled its new report "The End of Advertising as We Know It " forecasting greater disruption for the advertising industry in the next five years than occurred in the previous 50.

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Is this what the French really think of Londoners?

This sad story goes something like this.

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Microsoft has paid $240m (£117m) for a 1.6% stake in Facebook that values the hugely popular social networking site at $15bn (£7.3bn). Facebook spurned an offer from Microsoft's rival Google, which was also keen to invest the site.

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Sooner or later you are sure to run into AXE advertising in the form of TVCs with hot chicks or Print ads with hot chicks.

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Mystique of Italian coffee goes down in flames.

Product line extensions don't always go as planned, because usually you are trying to 'stretch,' a product or company that may or may not have that stretch.

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