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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20250323232745|6851" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="7064" prev="7063" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <patrol cur="7063" prev="7062" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6858" ns="0" title="Scott Sigler" pageid="4" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="BigJohn" timestamp="2025-03-23T23:44:18Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7062" prev="6806" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6857" ns="0" title="On This Day/October 30" pageid="1533" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="BigJohn" timestamp="2025-03-23T23:38:51Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7061" prev="5760" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6856" ns="0" title="On This Day/October 7" pageid="1510" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="BigJohn" timestamp="2025-03-23T23:38:17Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7060" prev="7058" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6855" ns="0" title="On This Day/October 17" pageid="1520" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="BigJohn" timestamp="2025-03-23T23:38:05Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7059" prev="4771" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6854" ns="0" title="On This Day/October 7" pageid="1510" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="BigJohn" timestamp="2025-03-23T23:37:28Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7058" prev="4400" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6853" ns="0" title="Surviving Tomorrow" pageid="1937" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="BigJohn" timestamp="2025-03-23T23:31:08Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7057" prev="5286" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6852" ns="0" title="On This Day/November 11" pageid="1546" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="BigJohn" timestamp="2025-03-23T23:28:22Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7056" prev="3002" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>