Can you open the file in something like Notepad++ and see what encoding the file actually is in? The header might say UTF-8, but that may or may not be correct.
The question marks interspersed in the exception output are an indication that somewhere along the way the characters are not being correctly interpreted.
Steve Donie
Principal Software Engineer
Datical, Inc. http://www.datical.com/
Steve Donie
Principal Software Engineer
Datical, Inc. http://www.datical.com/