  Multispectral studies of nearby, forming stars provide insights into all
classes of accreting systems. Objects which have magnetic fields, spin, and
accrete produce jets and collimated outflows. Jets are seen in systems ranging
from brown dwarf stars to supermassive black holes. Outflow speeds are
typically a few times the escape speed from the launch region - 100s of \kms\
for young stars to nearly the speed of light for black-holes. Because many
young stellar objects (YSOs) are nearby, we can see outflow evolution and
measure proper motions on times scales of years. Because the shocks in YSO
outflows emit in atoms, ions, and molecules in addition to the continuum, many
physical properties such as temperatures, densities, and velocities can be
measured. Momenta and kinetic energies can be computed. YSO outflows are a
major source of feedback in the self-regulation of star formation. The lessons
learned can be applied to much more distant and energetic cosmic sources such
as AGN and galactic nuclear super winds - systems in which evolution occurs on
time-scales of hundreds to millions of years. Some dense star-forming regions
produce powerful explosions. The nearest massive star-forming region, Orion
OMC1, powered a $\sim 10^{48}$ erg explosion about 550 years ago (that is when
the light from the event would have reached the Solar System). The OMC1
explosion was likely powered by an N-body interaction which resulted in the
formation of a compact, AU-scale binary or resulted in a protostellar merger.
The binary or merger remnant, the $\sim$15 \Msol\ object known as radio source
I (Src I) was ejected from the core with a speed of $\sim$10 \kms\ along with
two other stars. The $\sim$10~\Msol\ BN object was ejected with $\sim$30~\kms\
and a $\sim$3~\Msol\ star was ejected with $\sim$55~\kms .
