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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="23921" prev="17868" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="7895" pageid="4948" ns="0" title="Charles W.Kline" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Liz" timestamp="2024-03-26T15:55:02Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="23920" prev="17871" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="7894" pageid="6008" ns="0" title="Robbie King" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Liz" timestamp="2024-01-09T23:04:25Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="23919" prev="23918" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <patrol cur="23918" prev="23917" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="7892" pageid="6008" ns="0" title="Robbie King" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Liz" timestamp="2023-12-19T16:03:27Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="23917" prev="21686" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2023-12-13T17:20:44Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>