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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2015-02-04T20:32:13Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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        <patrol cur="3359" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <patrol cur="3358" prev="3357" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <patrol cur="3357" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3048" pageid="2933" ns="0" title="Send REST" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bzurkovic" timestamp="2018-02-09T23:56:50Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3356" prev="3354" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3047" pageid="1530" ns="0" title="Carrier codes" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bzurkovic" timestamp="2016-02-13T01:22:24Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3355" prev="3326" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3046" pageid="2933" ns="0" title="Send REST" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bzurkovic" timestamp="2015-02-04T20:37:17Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3354" prev="3352" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3045" pageid="0" ns="0" title="C" type="delete" action="delete" user="Bzurkovic" timestamp="2015-02-04T20:36:47Z" comment="No longer needed" />
      <item logid="3044" pageid="2936" ns="0" title="CSharp Example" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bzurkovic" timestamp="2015-02-04T20:35:53Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3353" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3043" pageid="2933" ns="0" title="Send REST" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bzurkovic" timestamp="2015-02-04T20:35:27Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3352" prev="3351" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3042" pageid="2933" ns="0" title="Send REST" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bzurkovic" timestamp="2015-02-04T20:33:57Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3351" prev="3350" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>