/tt> items in the returned JSON
and retrieve the <code>screen_name</code> for each user. Then we use
the <tt>SELECT </tt> statement to see if we already have stored this
particular <code>screen_name</code> in the database and retrieve the
friend count (<tt>friends</tt>) if the record exists.
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    countnew = 0
    countold = 0
    for u in js['users'] :
        friend = u['screen_name']
        print friend
        cur.execute('SELECT friends FROM Twitter WHERE name = 