BlitzMax apps can be made faster by using C. Also using DLLs in BlitzMax is possible, but that isn’t documented in BlitzMax’s documentation at all.
Compile and run the code and you’ll see a blue shaded Mandelbrot set that should look like following:
The DLL function is called from a BlitzMax function, because otherwise one would get a EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW.
When the DLL is called from a function the memory allocated for the DLL-call is local; after returning from the function all the memory allocated for the function call is freed.
It is always gratifying and heartwarming when our families see their child for the first time at the end of the program. There is a reconnection that can only be achieved through an effective wilderness treatment process.
It might be hard to imagine at this moment, but this moment could be yours. Imagine replacing guilt, fear and shame with feelings of excitement, pride and hope.
Unlike other wilderness programs, our family systems model of treatment includes the whole family to ensure that when the child returns home, the systems are going to be in place for the child to be successful.
It is an important part of a teen’s journey to share the experience with their parents. At BlueFire wilderness treatment center, we help repair the family dynamic with careful communication policy that blends one way communication such as letters, videos and emails. This communication allows parents, children and siblings time to gather thoughts and replaces emotional reactions with reasoned reactions.
We then move to shared phone calls and teleconferences where families can reconnect and reform the bond and trust that might be lacking. This two-way communication provides families to face varying issues in a therapeutic and helpful manner.
We establish a fresh, new common ground to help support a fresh, new start for the parent/child. Parents see their child’s growth, progress and maturity. Teens feel confident in their transformed level of independence and personal skills. Spending quality time together without the distraction of technology and work/school stressors is often the single most powerful factor in creating these strong connections.
When a child transitions to a longer-term setting, our team at BlueFire believes the family work is equally relevant and necessary. Coming home is the ultimate goal and for some clients, that will be after completing an appropriate longer term setting. Repairing families remains our top priority.
BlueFire Wilderness Therapy recognizes the challenges your teen is struggling with did not occur overnight, and with our decades of experience we certainly understand a lifetime of changes do not occur overnight either. BlueFire offers an intensive, instructive shift in creating new, healthier habits and behaviors. Together with the family back home, it is incredible to witness the changes that can occur in only a few short months at BlueFire.
“I have become self-sufficient when I need to be but I’ve also learned how to ask for help when needed and to be okay with imperfections.”
To learn more about the changes we have seen with teens and young adults over the years in a wilderness setting, and to better understand how BlueFire can help your child, please call us toll free at 844-413-1999. We look forward to hearing from you.
Last year the Gordon Falls Bushcare Group, having spent many hours weeding and revegetating Gordon Falls Reserve, received a certificate of appreciation from Blue Mountains City Council for 10 years service to the community. Regeneration work on creek-lines in the Reserve has been funded through the Urban Runoff Control Program. Members who remember the mass of weeds and land degradation in the reserve and on the approaches to the lovely old bushwalk through Lyrebird Dell and the Pool of Siloam have commented on the improvement. But is all this work to be in vain?
Four years ago, on land adjacent to the reserve and without Council approval, the steep, fern-covered sides of Gordon Falls Creek were bulldozed and significant areas of important creek-line vegetation were destroyed. This vegetation, immediately upslope of the National Park, had acted as a barrier to water and sediment flows for a creek which runs through Lyrebird Dell and the Pool of Siloam. The removal of large pine trees on the property had been approved, but the bulldozing of the creek-line had not.
Since the removal of the pines and the excavation of the creek banks, pine logs, needles and sediment were noticed in the creek as far down as the Pool of Siloam. Creek banks have collapsed, associated vegetation has been lost, and sediment deposits downstream have dramatically increased.
A Land Use Application for landscaping work on the property has been lodged and will soon be considered by Council. The Applicant claims the development will have a 'positive impact' on the natural environment by stabilising disturbed land-but the land wasn't disturbed until it was unlawfully bulldozed by the applicant! The application is of serious concern and should be refused for a number of reasons.
The proposed restoration of the riparian vegetation does not go far enough-a much larger area was destroyed than the proposal indicates and needs to be restored.
The development will have an adverse impact on the National Park. The proposed landscaped gardens are likely to increase the nutrients, sediment and weeds which enter the creek-line, and therefore the National Park, because of the inadequacy of a buffer to the creek-line.
The unauthorised work and proposed Landscape Plans contravene a number of requirements of Council's LEP91.