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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      <item logid="258" pageid="361" ns="6" title="File:DistrictAwardOfMerit.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Rdk" timestamp="2019-03-21T01:27:22Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="257" pageid="360" ns="6" title="File:DistrictAwardKnot.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Rdk" timestamp="2019-03-21T01:27:11Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="256" pageid="359" ns="6" title="File:IMG 20170401 144221.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Rdk" timestamp="2017-04-01T20:12:03Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="255" pageid="358" ns="6" title="File:IMG 20170401 144248.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Rdk" timestamp="2017-04-01T20:10:34Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="254" pageid="356" ns="6" title="File:Scoutmaster-of-year-2016.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="Rdk" timestamp="2017-03-01T14:12:49Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="253" pageid="355" ns="6" title="File:IMG 20161112 164611.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Rdk" timestamp="2016-12-13T15:41:31Z" comment="Chattooga River, Nov 2016" />
      <item logid="252" pageid="186" ns="6" title="File:Getwebcamimage.perl" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="Rdk" timestamp="2015-02-23T00:58:43Z" comment="" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2014-08-25T13:19:51Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>