In 2008 , Rice played a tour with Maria Taylor of Azure Ray and directed the Los Angeles Sunset Junction Festival .
In 2008 , Rice played a tour with Maria Taylor of Azure Ray and performed at the Los Angeles Sunset Junction Festival .

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no

The Cooke and Wheatstone Telegraph was an early electric telegraph system dating from the 1830s , invented by the English inventor Charles Wheatstone and the English scientist William Fothergill Cooke .
The Cooke and Wheatstone Telegraph was an early electric telegraph system dating from the 1830s , invented by English inventor William Fothergill Cooke and English scientist Charles Wheatstone .

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no

As an assistant to Carl Flugge in Gottingen , Nicolaier discovered Clostridium tetani , the bacterium that causes tetanus , in 1884 .
As assistant to Carl Flugge in Gottingen , Nicolaier discovered the bacterium Clostridium tetani , which causes Tetanus in 1884 .

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yes

The indigenous people of Chichigalpa were of Toltec origin , the Niquiranos and Chorotegas .
Of native origin , the Toltec people of Chichigalpa were the Niquiranos and Chorotegas .

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no