public static function getCategories($recursive = false)
{
$categories = JCategories::getInstance('imc');
self::$_parent = $categories->get();
if (is_object(self::$_parent)) {
self::$_items = self::$_parent->getChildren($recursive);
} else {
self::$_items = false;
}
return self::loadCats(self::$_items);
}
