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Esports potential and future

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Esports potential and future First, I'll start of with explaining what esports are. Esports are sometimes thought to be "just playing video games," but in reality esports are an organized form of competition similar to sports, with video games instead of sports. Being a professional in sports takes a ton of time and dedication, but so does being a professional in esports. It can be very time consuming, for players who typically play 35-50+ hours a week to stay in form. Also, as a team or organization manager in esports, you always have to be able to take a call for any business, or if anything happens, making it a constant job. Now, I'll get into some of the recent past of the esports industry, and potential future successes within the industry. These values are in millions of USD. A quote from the website, " The majority of these revenues come from  sponsorships and advertising , and the rest from eSports betting, prize pools, tournaments, merchandi

Drones

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Over the course of the year, we've done a lot of drone flying. We've flown the Parrot drones inside the building, generally in the upper and lower library areas. Unfortunately, I couldn't seem to locate any photos, or videos in the library, but there is a video of one recording a part of one of the school's science teachers, Dr. Johnson's class. This link will go to the video of his class.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PsLTo_jSDpDAdPLt2Hf6Bcd2DmeaZkSn/view?usp=sharing Photo of BHS from the sky of the practice field area We've also done a lot of flying with the Mavic Pro drone outside, around the area of the school. When we fly, we have to follow some rules about drone flying. The main rules being to not fly above 400 feet (120 meters), to keep the drone within sight to avoid crashing into anything, and avoid flying near people or cars. The Mavic Pro drone has a camera attached to it, so while flying we were able to record some of the footage that we