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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="210" prev="209" auto="1" />
      </item>
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      </item>
      <item logid="207" pageid="9" ns="0" title="PTL Trader Manual" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2021-07-02T09:25:41Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="208" prev="157" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="206" pageid="10" ns="0" title="PTL Trader Changelog" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2017-11-09T10:30:22Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="207" prev="202" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="205" pageid="47" ns="6" title="File:AVONAqv 700b.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Admin" timestamp="2017-09-02T11:01:55Z" comment="test" />
      <item logid="204" pageid="33" ns="0" title="Pair Trading Models" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2016-12-21T15:37:10Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="205" prev="204" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2016-12-21T15:36:28Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>