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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <blocks bkstart="2009-07-17T04:27:37Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <blocks>
      <block id="65" user="109.73.68.19" by="Steven Wasserman" timestamp="2012-02-02T20:40:18Z" expiry="infinity" reason="spam" anononly="" nocreate="" />
      <block id="64" user="120.85.207.139" by="Steven Wasserman" timestamp="2011-12-01T00:06:58Z" expiry="infinity" reason="Spamming links to external sites" anononly="" nocreate="" />
      <block id="63" user="188.92.75.82" by="Steven Wasserman" timestamp="2011-10-14T01:06:52Z" expiry="infinity" reason="Abusing multiple accounts" anononly="" nocreate="" />
      <block id="60" user="AldrichUah" by="Steven Wasserman" timestamp="2009-09-01T20:26:45Z" expiry="infinity" reason="" nocreate="" autoblock="" allowusertalk="" />
      <block id="58" user="AldrichUah" by="Steven Wasserman" timestamp="2009-09-01T20:26:23Z" expiry="infinity" reason="" nocreate="" autoblock="" allowusertalk="" />
      <block id="57" user="AldrichUah" by="Steven Wasserman" timestamp="2009-09-01T20:26:08Z" expiry="infinity" reason="" nocreate="" autoblock="" allowusertalk="" />
      <block id="56" user="Dyh1o52sd" by="Steven Wasserman" timestamp="2009-09-01T20:25:54Z" expiry="infinity" reason="" nocreate="" autoblock="" allowusertalk="" />
      <block id="55" user="Lko1915hh" by="Steven Wasserman" timestamp="2009-09-01T20:25:38Z" expiry="infinity" reason="" nocreate="" autoblock="" allowusertalk="" />
      <block id="54" user="Lkoo5689" by="Steven Wasserman" timestamp="2009-09-01T20:25:26Z" expiry="infinity" reason="" nocreate="" autoblock="" allowusertalk="" />
      <block id="53" user="C1gher1qqq8" by="Steven Wasserman" timestamp="2009-09-01T20:25:09Z" expiry="infinity" reason="" nocreate="" autoblock="" allowusertalk="" />
    </blocks>
  </query>
</api>