http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626091129.htm

Experts: Big Tobacco Dead By 2047, Possibly Sooner

President Barack Obama’s signature on a bill this week to grant the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco was historic, and represents a step in the march to eliminate tobacco use in this country by 2047, two national tobacco experts said on June 25.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625201818.htm

The Washington Post has won 47 Pulitzer Prizes (per Inside Facebook).

2147483647. You might recognize it as the maximum value of an integer in several programming languages, or the highest score you can get in a lot of video games, or a number that pops up when you get a database error message. Well, Twitter’s numbered tweets are fast approaching 2147483647, and, although I’m sure Twitter’s databases are properly configured, a site called Twitpocalypse is speculating that some Twitter apps won’t be prepared, causing them to stop working when they can’t access tweets beyond the magic number.

According to the site, the Twitpocalypse is scheduled for June 14th at 4:46 PM GMT

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/06/10/is-the-twitpocalypse-nigh/

2147483647 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The number 2,147,483,647 is also the maximum value for a 32-bit signed integer in computing. It is therefore the maximum value for variables declared as int in many programming languages running on popular CPUs, and the maximum possible score for many video games. The appearance of the number often reflects an error, overflow condition, or missing value.

The data type time_t, used on operating systems such as Unix, is a 32-bit signed integer counting the number of seconds since the start of the Unix epoch (midnight UTC of January 1, 1970). The latest time that can be represented this way is 03:14:07 UTC on Tuesday, 19 January 2038 (corresponding to 2,147,483,647 seconds since the start of the epoch), so that systems using a 32-bit time_t type are susceptible to the Year 2038 problem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2147483647

ScienceDaily (May 19, 2009) — Scientists have found a 47-million-year-old human ancestor. Discovered in Messel Pit, Germany, the fossil, described as Darwinius masillae, is 20 times older than most fossils that explain human evolution.

Common Ancestor Of Humans, Modern Primates? ‘Extraordinary’ Fossil Is 47 Million Years Old

A professor with his nose deep in a library archive in London has stumbled upon 47 previously unknown letters from, to and about Benjamin Franklin. …

… he requested of the library staff a certain Volume 4478b …

Professor Finds Unknown Letters by, and to, Benjamin Franklin - washingtonpost.com

[hattip to FredRFred]

Today is Obama’s 47th birthday.

peace, mjh

That is close to the output of Eta Carinae, the current record holder, which shines with the light of about 4.7 million Suns.

Who’s the brightest star of all? - space - 15 July 2008 - New Scientist Space

A few examples from recent news…

UNM News Minute (an email notice) #474 was released on 4/7.
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MITCH ALBOM: FLASHBACK: If I’ve got 47 bags of nuts, I must be down under

“Let me say this. I have never seen two movies, one TV show and a short subject in a single day before. Not even on a rainy vacation day. I saw all that on the first leg of the plane trip. Two movies, a TV show and a short. And dinner, and breakfast, and a snack, and peanuts. The beverage cart? Forty- seven times. I saw it 47 times. That has to be some kind of record.”

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080204/COL01/80202024/1048/SPORTS
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47.5 percent: Americans who believe a recession is likely. “The survey also found that barely more than one in five gave President George W. Bush’s administration high marks for economic policy, and many voters thought they would be better off financially with a Democrat in the White House.”

http://www.americanprogressaction.org/progressreport/2008/01/pr20080116
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47 Killed as Insurgents Take Key Fort in NW Pakistan - washingtonpost.com
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‘Miracle’ Survivor of 47-Story Fall Was Saved by Physics
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a8xVBVFeMbBo&refer=news
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VietNamNet - 47 percent of Vietnamese children get nursery education
“VietNamNet Bridge - Around 47 percent of Vietnamese children receive nursery education, ranking third in the Southeast Asia, according to the 2007 Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report’s (GMR) conducted by the UNESCO. ”
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/education/2008/01/764991/
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MyFox Colorado | Florida: Clinton 47%, Obama 29%
“The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Florida finds Senator Hillary Clinton leading Barack Obama 47% to 29%.”
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The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO - 9:47 a.m. Tax credits used to create 47 jobs in Nevada
“9:47 a.m. Tax credits used to create 47 jobs in Nevada” [mjh: A two-fer.]
http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_025104913.html
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47 of Vick’s pit bulls still are alive and recovering, guardian says | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com, By Robert McCabe

The 47 American Pit Bull Terriers that survived the Michael Vick dogfighting operation are in generally good shape and many are likely to end up being adopted, according to their court-appointed guardian/special master.
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/01/47-vicks-pit-bulls-still-are-alive-and-recovering-guardian-says
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timesofmalta.com - 47 ministers expected for EU-Arab League meeting in Malta
“The conference will group ministers from 47 countries and will be co-chaired by Malta as the host country and Slovenia and Saudi Arabia, who currently preside over the EU and the Arab League.”
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080130/local/47-ministers-expected-for-eu-arab-league-meeting-in-malta
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Zenith National Profit Falls 47 Percent | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/5502619.html
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47 People Busted At Vermillion Keg Party | KSFY.com
http://www.ksfy.com/news/15046371.html