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>>> d = {'Blog': '1', 'Discussions': '2', 'Followers': '21', 'Following': '21', 'Reading': '5'}
>>> dict((k, int(v)) for k, v in d.iteritems())
{'Blog': 1, 'Discussions': 2, 'Followers': 21, 'Following': 21, 'Reading': 5}