$( function()
{
  meerkat.ActivityNotifyOptions = {
    close: '#meerkat .meerkatClose',
    meerkatPosition: 'top'
  };

  var $meerkat = $( '#meerkat' );

  if( $meerkat.length < 1 )
  {
    $( 'body' ).append( '\
      <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>\
    ' );
  }
} );