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Sat October 15 2011 7:48 am &nbsphttp://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=48219   Share The Cardinal -- Arlingtoncardinal.com Articles  (E-Mail, Facebook, Twitter & More)&nbsp Des Plaines Truck Company 83 at Forest Cove Apartments balcony fire . Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 12:40 a.m. Saturday to a report of a balcony on fire at 1729 Forest Cove , Mount Prospect . Firefighters arrived to find fire on the third floor balcony and declared a working fire and request additional response from mutual aid communities . The fire was out by 12:55 a.m. Saturday. Firefighters from Arlington Heights , Des Plaines, Elk Grove Township , Prospect Heights , Rolling Meadows and others assisted Mount Prospect firefighters . Forest Cove Apartments balcony fire " width="595" height="444" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-48228" /> Stay informed with news from The Cardinal’s Emergencies Behind the Scenes Facebook page ...

We all make choices — building companies or products or communities — around how much control and authority each of the participants has. Do we tightly control our users in order to streamline our product, or do we open up multiple interfaces and allow our users to drive? Do we share our data with others in the belief that a rising tide lifts all boats, or do we hide it to improve our competitive advantage? Do we allow users to deconstruct and reassemble our products, or does that void their warranty? Do we respect current norms of our industry, or do we see the need for disruption? In many instances, these are questions of centralized versus decentralized authority  — who has the right and ability to make choices. Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. —  William Butler Yeats   In this post, we argue that we now have the ability to build more decentralized systems , and that these can often create a competitive advantage over existing solut...