function jmathaiTwitter($x) {

    global $tu, $p, $cursor, $oauth_token, $oauth_token_secret, $consumer_key, $consumer_secret, $list_id, $q;

    $page = $p;

    $twitterObj         = new EpiTwitter($consumer_key, $consumer_secret, $oauth_token, $oauth_token_secret);
    $twitterObj->useAsynchronous(true);

    try {
        $accountRate_limit_status = $twitterObj->get_accountRate_limit_status();
    } catch(EpiOAuthException $e) {
        return array($e->getMessage(), '');
    } catch(Exception $e) {
        return array($e->getMessage(), '');
    }

    $rateLimitStatus = $accountRate_limit_status->responseText;

    if (is_numeric($tu)) {
        $orange = array('user_id' => $tu);
    } else {
        $orange = array('screen_name' => $tu);
    }

    try {
        switch ($x) {
            case "usersShow";
                $twitter_data = $twitterObj->get_usersShow($orange);
                break;
            case "userLists";
                $twitter_data = $twitterObj->get("/{$tu}/lists.json");
                break;
            case "statusesHome_timeline";
                $twitter_data = $twitterObj->get_statusesHome_timeline(array('page' => $page, 'count' => 200));
                break;
            case "get_statusesFriends";
                $twitter_data = $twitterObj->get_statusesFriends(array('id'=> $tu, 'user_id' => $tu, 'cursor'=> $cursor));
                break;
            case "get_direct_messages";
                $twitter_data = $twitterObj->get_direct_messages(array('count' => 100, 'page'=>$page));
                break;
            case "get_statusesUser_timeline";
                $twitter_data = $twitterObj->get_statusesUser_timeline(array('count' => 100, 'id'=> $tu, 'page'=>$page));
                break;
            case "get_statusesFollowers";
                $twitter_data = $twitterObj->get_statusesFollowers(array('id'=> $tu, 'cursor'=>$cursor));
                break;
            case "lists_statuses";
                $method       = "get_".$tu."Lists".$list_id."Statuses";
                $twitter_data = $twitterObj->get("/".$tu."/lists/".$list_id."/statuses.json", array('page' => $page,'per_page' => 100));
                break;
            case "lists_members";
                $method        = "get_".$tu."".$list_id."Members";
                $twitter_data  = $twitterObj->get("/".$tu."/".$list_id."/members.json", array('cursor'=>$cursor));
                break;
            case "search";
                $twitter_data = $twitterObj->get_search(array('q' => $q, 'page' => $page, 'rpp' => 100));
                break;
        }

        $twitter_header               = $twitter_data->headers;
        $twitter_status               = $twitter_header['Status'];

        if ($twitter_status == 200) {
            return array($twitter_data);
        } else {
            return array('');
        }
    } catch(EpiOAuthException $e) {
        return array($e->getMessage(), '');
    } catch(Exception $e) {
        return array($e->getMessage(), '');
    }
}