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- (void)_updateEntries:(void (^)(void))block forEvent:(SKEvent *)event caller:(dispatch_queue_t)callerqueue
{
    void(^block_c)(void) = ^(void) {
        NSLog(@"completed update entries for %@", event.uid);
        if (block) block();
    };
    
    // Fail early if no event
    if (!event)
    {
        [self _didFailUpdateEntries:block_c forEvent:event caller:callerqueue];
        return;
    }
    
    NSURLResponse* __autoreleasing response = nil;
    NSError* __autoreleasing responseError = nil;
    
    NSURL* url = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@",kSKEntriesFormat,event.actid]];
    NSData* responseData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url] returningResponse:&response error:&responseError];

    if (!responseData || responseError)
    {
        [self _didFailUpdateEntries:block_c forEvent:event caller:callerqueue];
        return;
    }
    
    NSError* __autoreleasing jsonError = nil;
    
    NSDictionary* baseDictionary = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:responseData options:NSJSONReadingAllowFragments error:&jsonError];
    
    if (!baseDictionary || jsonError)
    {
        [self _didFailUpdateEntries:block_c forEvent:event caller:callerqueue];
        return;
    } 
}