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Tainan, Taiwan]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@rjpeterson/view-from-the-24th-floor-tainan-taiwan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@rjpeterson/view-from-the-24th-floor-tainan-taiwan</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rjpeterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 02:16:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEwHnsXKML7xF4NE4zxEVyvENsPKp9LmDaFv2F7C33Lm3UdudsDpKvmDDhfLA855Eq3qecPKCuohMDXooxnF6P5GF6q6UCs93b7keV45TYJJP5XuhDmWoTt7NFPDDEGuPdFrD62xe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Music in A432 Actually Better than Music in A440?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the centuries, the sounds that comprise western music have fluctuated wildly. For a long time, there was a lack of any international standard for musicians to tune their instruments to. 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