(function($) {
  $( function()
  {
    var $meerkat, defaultNotifyOptions;

    $meerkat = $( '#meerkat' );

    if( $meerkat.length < 1 )
    {
      $meerkat = $( '<div id="meerkat" class="ui-widget-content ui-widget-header" ><span class="ui-widget-content ui-state-default ui-icon-button ui-helper-clearfix fltrt ui-corner-all meerkatClose"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-close"></span></span><h1 class="meerkatContent">&nbsp;</h1></div>' ).appendTo( 'body' );
    }

    defaultNotifyOptions = {
      close: '#meerkat .meerkatClose',
      position: 'top'
    };

    window.meerkat = function( options ) {
      if (!options)
      {
        options = {};
      }

      $.fn.destroyMeerkat();
      $meerkat.meerkat( $.extend( {}, defaultNotifyOptions, options ) );
    };
  } );
}( window.jQuery ));