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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="5835" prev="4298" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6982" pageid="2030" ns="0" title="Fabrieksgebouw Philips" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Inekevandenhoudt" timestamp="2020-11-15T20:50:13Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="5834" prev="3506" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6981" pageid="3065" ns="0" title="Grotestraat 172 (villa)" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Inekevandenhoudt" timestamp="2020-11-15T20:48:09Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="5833" prev="5832" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6980" pageid="3065" ns="0" title="Grotestraat 172 (villa)" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Inekevandenhoudt" timestamp="2020-11-15T20:47:38Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="5832" prev="5433" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6979" pageid="415" ns="0" title="Cornelis Antonius Spitters" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Inekevandenhoudt" timestamp="2020-11-11T12:19:49Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="5831" prev="4132" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6978" pageid="3043" ns="0" title="Postpad" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Inekevandenhoudt" timestamp="2020-04-21T12:41:06Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="5830" prev="5383" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6977" pageid="2249" ns="0" title="Gedenksteen Dr. Mollercollege" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Inekevandenhoudt" timestamp="2020-01-14T21:53:26Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="5829" prev="5823" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6976" pageid="500" ns="0" title="Leopold Lazard Guthmann" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Inekevandenhoudt" timestamp="2020-01-06T18:13:40Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="5828" prev="5474" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2019-12-23T19:41:23Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>