def is_show_uncategorized(self, request):
        """Return the result of the "?show_uncategorized" query string param"""

        show_uncategorized = request.GET.get('show_uncategorized', False)
        if show_uncategorized is True or show_uncategorized == 'true':
            return True
        return False
def dec_r(self, ind):
        r, c = self.row_col(ind)
        r -= 1
        if r < 0:
            r = self.nr - 1
        if r == (self.nr - 1) and c == (self.nc - 1):
            r = self.nr - 2
        return self.indx(r, c)