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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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      </item>
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      </item>
      <item logid="528" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Wgu" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Admin" timestamp="2020-04-22T18:19:11Z" comment="">
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      </item>
      <item logid="527" pageid="93" ns="0" title="Conferences" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2019-06-10T21:58:06Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="976" prev="755" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="526" pageid="380" ns="6" title="File:Concur quick guide April182019.pdf" type="upload" action="upload" user="Admin" timestamp="2019-06-10T21:57:16Z" comment="Brief instructions on using concur" />
      <item logid="525" pageid="379" ns="6" title="File:Travel Request Form Sept222014-v4.xlsx" type="upload" action="upload" user="Admin" timestamp="2019-04-16T18:34:26Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="524" pageid="378" ns="6" title="File:Belle2-logo.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="BilasPal" timestamp="2018-02-27T16:12:15Z" comment="" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2018-02-27T15:13:35Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>