A useful timeout script From http://www.thecodeship.com/web-development/alternative-to-javascript-evil-setinterval/

timeout.js

function interval(func, wait, times){
    var interv = function(w, t){
        return function(){
            if( typeof t === "undefined" || t-- > 0 ){
                setTimeout(interv, w);
                try {
                    func.call(null);
                }
                catch(e) {
                    t = 0;
                    throw e.toString();
                }
            }
        };
    }(wait, times);

    setTimeout(interv, wait);
};


// usage
interval(function(){
    // Code block goes here
    }, 1000, 10);
}