Thanks guys, thats sorted it out. I didn't realize that the initialize() 
override had to occur before instantiating a class. I guess I'm too used 
to java :)

What I was trying to acheive with the 'Status' constant was something 
similar to a java enum I suppose. The intention was to have a private 
constructor with a class Constant for each twitter method.

Cheers
Alex

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