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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20160307235445|56" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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        <patrol cur="63" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="65" ns="0" title="Technical Machine" pageid="9" logpage="9" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="KingCandyKarp" timestamp="2016-03-12T20:33:31Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="62" prev="61" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="64" ns="0" title="Technical Machine" pageid="9" logpage="9" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="KingCandyKarp" timestamp="2016-03-12T20:32:05Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="61" prev="60" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="63" ns="0" title="Technical Machine" pageid="9" logpage="9" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="KingCandyKarp" timestamp="2016-03-12T20:29:31Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="60" prev="58" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="62" ns="0" title="Jumble Berry" pageid="10" logpage="10" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="KingCandyKarp" timestamp="2016-03-12T20:28:25Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="59" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="61" ns="0" title="Technical Machine" pageid="9" logpage="9" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="KingCandyKarp" timestamp="2016-03-12T20:23:33Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="58" prev="57" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="60" ns="0" title="Technical Machine" pageid="9" logpage="9" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="KingCandyKarp" timestamp="2016-03-12T20:17:37Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="57" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="59" ns="0" title="EXP share" pageid="8" logpage="8" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="KingCandyKarp" timestamp="2016-03-12T19:57:30Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="56" prev="55" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="58" ns="0" title="EXP share" pageid="8" logpage="8" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="KingCandyKarp" timestamp="2016-03-12T19:25:49Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="55" prev="50" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="57" ns="0" title="Leveling" pageid="4" logpage="4" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Elisaria" timestamp="2016-03-07T23:58:24Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="54" prev="53" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>