Star Formation v. 2000: The Bare Essentials
1. Stars form in molecular cloud complexes which range in size from ~10's to 100's of pc.
2. Molecular clouds can be characterized as turbulent, definitely supersonic, and perhaps super-AlfvÈnic.
3. Select "coherent" pieces of molecular clouds collapse and fragment to form stars.
4. Every star produces an outflow for during some (significant) fraction of its pre-main-sequence life.
5. Outflows can, and apparently often do, extend for several pc.