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40.0%50.0%60.0%70.0%80.0%90.0%100.0%genderagestyle contentallFigure 1 10-fold cross validation results for the age and gender classifiersClassed as 10's20's30's10's7036102717720's916632684430's17814651351Table 7 Confusion matrix for the age classifier using all featuresFor age, content proves to be slightly more useful than style, but – as in gender – the combination is most useful. The confusion matrix indicates that, using content and style features together, 10s are distinguishable from 30’s with accuracy above 96% and distinguishing 10s from 20s is also achievable with accuracy of 87.3%. Many 30s are mis-classed as 20s, however, yielding overall accuracy is 76.2%CONCLUSIONSWe have assembled a large corpus of blogs labeled for a variety of demographic attributes. This large sample permits us insight into the demographic distribution of bloggers. We have found that teenage bloggers are predominantly female, while older bloggers are predominantly male. Moreover, within each age group, male and female bloggers blog about different thing and use different blogging styles

We have assembled a large corpus of blogs labeled for a variety of demographic attributes. This large sample

Attack on transit hub fuels concerns

Last month's attacks in Volgograd, a major transit hub about 650 kilometers (400 miles) away from Sochi, sparked concerns over security as the Olympics approach.

"We will try to make certain that the security measures are not intrusive or too conspicuous, so they are not too noticeable for the athletes, the Olympics' guests or journalists," Putin said, according to the interview transcript.

Putin: 'No danger' for gay visitorsRussia's stance on gay rights has been another area of concern for many visitors.

The legislation makes it illegal to tell children about gay equality and has been widely criticized by Western leaders, who have called it archaic and discriminatory.

not of homosexuality, but of homosexuality and child abuse, child sexual abuse. But this has nothing to do with persecuting individuals for their sexual orientation," he said.

"So there is no danger for people of such nontraditional sexual orientation who are planning to come to the Games as guests or participants."

He suggested the problem was a universal one, where companies underestimate costs in the tendering process in order to win the project, and then push the price back up.