     $('#default-landingPage-list').val(defaultLandingPage)
     $('#default-menuStyle-list').val(defaultMenuStyle)
 
-    
     @displayDefaultLandingPage defaultLandingPage
  
-    
+ 
   showPanel: ->    
     $('#settingsPanel').show()
+
+
+  updateSettingsModel: (params) ->
+    Dreamcatcher.Models.Settings.update params
     
-
+        
+  # DEFAULT SETTINGS DISPLAY METHODS
   displayDefaultLandingPage: (defaultLandingPage) ->
     landingIcon = $('#default-landingPage-icon')
     landingIcon.removeClass(className) for className in ['stream','home','today']

  init: ->
    @setupDefaults()
    @setupAjaxBinding()
    
  setupDefaults: ->
    # GATHER THE IN PAGE DEFAULTS
    defaultLandingPage = $('#default-landingPage').data 'id'

        $('#user_old_password, #user_password, #user_password_confirmation').val ''

    $('form#change_password').bind 'ajax:error', (xhr, status, error)->
      log xhr.errors    
