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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20140825160024|184" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="190" prev="186" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="192" ns="0" title="SCCM 2012 - Manually Re-distribute Package" pageid="0" type="move" action="move" user="Jkulow" timestamp="2014-12-01T21:27:17Z" comment="">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="SCCM 2012 - Manually Redistribute Package" suppressedredirect="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="191" ns="0" title="SCCM 2012 - Manually Re-distribute Package" pageid="0" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jkulow" timestamp="2014-12-01T21:26:05Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="188" prev="187" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="190" ns="0" title="SCCM 2012 - Manually Re-distribute Package" pageid="0" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jkulow" timestamp="2014-12-01T21:10:04Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="187" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="189" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jkulow" timestamp="2014-12-01T20:56:12Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="186" prev="172" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="188" ns="0" title="Desktop Computer" pageid="17" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jkulow" timestamp="2014-10-21T18:55:04Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="185" prev="184" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="187" ns="0" title="Desktop Computer" pageid="17" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jkulow" timestamp="2014-10-21T18:54:08Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="184" prev="175" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="186" ns="0" title="Nortel" pageid="15" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jkulow" timestamp="2014-08-25T17:38:32Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="183" prev="182" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="185" ns="0" title="Nortel" pageid="15" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jkulow" timestamp="2014-08-25T17:38:16Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="182" prev="90" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>