name = ?', (acct, ) )

    countnew = 0
    countold = 0
    for u in js['users'] :
        friend = u['screen_name']
        print friend
        cur.execute('SELECT id FROM People WHERE name = ? LIMIT 1', 
            (friend, ) )
        try:
            friend_id = cur.fetchone()[0]
            countold = countold + 1
        except:
            cur.execute("'INSERT OR IGNORE INTO People (name, retrieved) 
                VALUES ( ?, 0)"', ( friend, ) )
            conn.commit()
            if cur.rowco