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var handle = null;
handle = $.PeriodicalUpdater('/notifications', {
        method: 'GET',
        data: id: $field_id,
        cookie: false,
        maxTimeout: 5000,
        error: function (xhr,status,message) {
          // Do stuff
          handle.stop();
        }
      }, function (remoteData, success, xhr, handle){
        
      });