b = Benchmark.realtime do
       begin
        (1..10).each do |page|
            Twitter.user_timeline(username, :page => page, :count => 50).each do |tweet|
               if saved_tweets.include?(tweet.id.to_s)
                 already_saved += 1
               else
                 time = date_time(tweet.created_at).to_time.to_s
                 db.execute("INSERT INTO  #{@tableid} (protocol, username, pdate, content, content_id, location) VALUES(?,?,?,?,?,?)", protocol, username, time, tweet.text, tweet.id, location)
                 printf('*')
                 count_tweets += 1
               end
            end
        end
       rescue
         retries += 1
         if retries > 3
           puts "\nThere was a connection problem. This usually happens when this account has high traffic. Please try later."
         else
           puts "\nFailed #{retries} time(s) to fetch data... Retrying...\n"
           retry
         end
       end
      end