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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="2573" pageid="89" ns="14" title="Category:PatrolManual" type="pdf" action="book" user="LukeBonham" timestamp="2024-02-23T00:57:34Z" comment="User:LukeBonham exported as a PDF book" />
      <item logid="2524" pageid="89" ns="14" title="Category:PatrolManual" type="pdf" action="book" user="DanAbbott" timestamp="2023-11-02T14:32:13Z" comment="User:DanAbbott exported as a PDF book" />
      <item logid="2323" pageid="89" ns="14" title="Category:PatrolManual" type="pdf" action="book" user="MelissaCline" timestamp="2021-02-20T18:39:34Z" comment="User:MelissaCline exported as a PDF book" />
      <item logid="2289" pageid="89" ns="14" title="Category:PatrolManual" type="pdf" action="book" user="PatrickWard" timestamp="2020-10-22T12:48:05Z" comment="User:PatrickWard exported as a PDF book" />
      <item logid="2180" pageid="89" ns="14" title="Category:PatrolManual" type="pdf" action="book" user="BarryOhm" timestamp="2019-08-13T03:44:04Z" comment="User:BarryOhm exported as a PDF book" />
      <item logid="2179" pageid="89" ns="14" title="Category:PatrolManual" type="pdf" action="book" user="BarryOhm" timestamp="2019-08-13T02:18:44Z" comment="User:BarryOhm exported as a PDF book" />
      <item logid="2178" pageid="89" ns="14" title="Category:PatrolManual" type="pdf" action="book" user="BarryOhm" timestamp="2019-08-13T01:47:26Z" comment="User:BarryOhm exported as a PDF book" />
      <item logid="2157" pageid="89" ns="14" title="Category:PatrolManual" type="pdf" action="book" user="MatthewDina" timestamp="2019-03-05T04:35:12Z" comment="User:MatthewDina exported as a PDF book" />
      <item logid="2156" pageid="89" ns="14" title="Category:PatrolManual" type="pdf" action="book" user="MatthewDina" timestamp="2019-03-05T04:35:07Z" comment="User:MatthewDina exported as a PDF book" />
      <item logid="2155" pageid="89" ns="14" title="Category:PatrolManual" type="pdf" action="book" user="MatthewDina" timestamp="2019-03-05T04:33:29Z" comment="User:MatthewDina exported as a PDF book" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2019-03-05T04:27:17Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>