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According to this book, "when Rhode Island first issued license plates, the number 1 plate was given to a Dr. Rowland Robinson, in gratitude for his brother's (senator Benjamin Robinson) help in passing an automobile-registration bill." It has remained in the family's hands from 1904 to the present. It was on a Cadillac as of 2014.

The Governor's #1 plate has shields and looks like this.

As for Buddy's #1 plate, here's how he tells the story in "Politics and Pasta":

"I saw a wonderful opportunity the day I drove through the Public Works garage and spotted a city vehicle with the Providence license plate '1' on it. Traditionally, the governor of Rhode Island had plate number 1, the mayor of Providence was given the license plate 10,000, while the mayor of the state's second-largest city, Warwick, got 20,000. Number 1, I liked that. It must have been assigned to Public Works about the time Henry Ford first mass-produced cars. I told my driver to stop the car, get the plate, and put it on my car. To make it look even more official, my communications director attached two city shields to it."

This is a "City" plate and looks like this. The current mayor still has it. I think there was some sort of court case over this 20 some odd years ago...

A little more on low numbers: "In 1904, when Rhode Island issued its first license plates, passenger plate #1 went to politically connected Dr. Rowland Robinson of Wakefield and #2 went to businessman Joshua C. Tucker, owner of the Narragansett Pier Company. Tucker also was issued plate #33 and commercial license plate #X2, the second commercial plate in the state. Prominent Westerly resident E. R. Lewis was given plate #41 and the earliest commercial plate in Westerly, #X28, went to Albert B. Smith. In Wickford, the first passenger plate was issued to one of the village’s wealthiest residents, Charles Boyer Reynolds, and its first commercial plate, #X49, went to farmer J. W. Tingley." - The View From Swamptown: Automobiles forever changed South County.

There's also an Ex-POW #1.

And one for the House Speaker Emeritus.

You're right. I jumped quickly. Looking at your other photos, it seemed like you might do photography professionally, or at least as more than a minor hobby - so I assumed you would be operating under Part 107. I apologize.

It's become so common to see people flying around doing stupid shit, and in the last couple years it's starting to burn those of us who fly responsibly. Case in point: I used to be able to fly at Colt State Park in Bristol. Beautiful place. Too many dummies crashed into people (including the park rangers trucks) and now when I want to fly there it requires filing a filming permit and dragging along more than a million in insurance coverage.

For recreation use, you're right, the FAA is vague. They've published a bunch of guidelines, which while not laws, basically give the FAA the ability to make judgement calls about what's safe and what's not. In Rhode Island we don't have any specific drone regulation yet other than a law that prohibits cities and towns from establishing their own laws.

The best advice I'd offer would be to follow the AMA's recreation guidelines: http://www.modelaircraft.org/files/105.PDF

The night flight falls into a line of site issue. On a clear night you have about 200' of LOS on a typical DJI style drone - meaning we cans till see the lights clear enough to immediately determine the orientation. The LED's on those aircraft aren't true aircraft-level lighting systems. That said, if you want to go further safely, I have several of these on the drone I fly for emergency management / SAR. These meet the FAA visibility requirements for day and night flight. Ridiculously bright. That said, the real issue isn't if we can see our drones, it's whether the other inbound aircraft can see our drones. They come in quick and low near the hospital.

Check out some of the stuff from Auralex -- like this reasonably-priced setup: http://www.amazon.com/Auralex-MudGuard-Isolator-Dampening-Charcoal/dp/B004VM5R7Y/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1412014187&sr=8-6&keywords=auralex

That could be enough to reduce the ambient sound that gets recorded in your mic. If that's not enough, a few well-placed Studiofoam panels on stands would help too. And it would all be portable if you decide to go record somewhere else.

Please be very careful if you decide to go with lower-cost wall treatment options. The Station Fire wasn't that long ago.

Rhode Island has great hiking trails. Here are two books to get you started. http://www.amazon.com/Walks-Rambles-Rhode-Island-Birders/dp/0881504580/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1373973190&sr=8-2&keywords=walks+and+rambles+in+ri

http://www.amazon.com/More-Walks-Rambles-Rhode-Island/dp/0881502243/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1373973241&sr=8-3&keywords=walks+and+rambles+in+ri

Av-s Video Composite Cable are the same for Nintendo 64, Gamecube, & Super Nintendo Snes

So if you got one from any of them?

If not, 1 dolla on AMZ

https://www.amazon.com/Composite-Nintendo-64-N64-Gamecube-Super/dp/B002GC68P6

Check out this coffee roasted in their old casks. Its really good! Though a bit expensive.

Like this: https://www.amazon.com/Tyre-Grip-Spray-enhance-tire-traction/dp/B00308ZIOM

Not sure if it'll work, but reviews say it will. It's a "get out of this ice patch" type of thing, not general traction. I'd go for chains or a board first.

I've had this book recommended to me before: https://www.amazon.com/Weekend-Walks-Rhode-Island-Birding/dp/0881506141

No IT guy should be without one of these sets:

http://www.harborfreight.com/100-piece-security-bit-set-68457.html

Description doesn't name T8H but says "Star with center hole". I looked up T8H to confirm: http://www.amazon.com/Screwdriver-Security-Wireless-Controller-Disassembly/dp/B004YUB6ZU Yup, my set has that in it.

There's a HF in South Attleboro and one in Warwick. They always have the set in stock.

Interesting blog promoting this.

“Campus Reform exposes the liberal bias and abuse against conservatives on America’s colleges and universities.”

Yep. The long term average is 2.81 pCi but every now and then i see the 1 day average spike to 6 pCi which makes me nervous.

I've used this little guy for the last year or so...

https://www.amazon.com/Corentium-Airthings-Radon-Detector-version/dp/B00H2VOSP8/