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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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    <logevents lecontinue="20160417040720|23969" />
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    <logevents>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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      </item>
      <item logid="23973" action="patrol" ns="0" title="NAIA Division II Women&#039;s Basketball Tournament" pageid="12816" logpage="12816" type="patrol" user="Jon" timestamp="2016-04-17T04:51:14Z" comment="">
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        <patrol cur="35599" prev="35573" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="23971" action="patrol" ns="0" title="2015 NAIA Division II Women&#039;s Basketball Tournament" pageid="12814" logpage="12814" type="patrol" user="Jon" timestamp="2016-04-17T04:32:35Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="35598" prev="35572" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="23970" action="patrol" ns="0" title="2014 NAIA Division II Women&#039;s Basketball Tournament" pageid="12813" logpage="12813" type="patrol" user="Jon" timestamp="2016-04-17T04:19:37Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="35597" prev="35571" auto="1" />
      </item>
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  </query>
</api>