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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _is_unique(self, name, path):
 """verify if there is a project with given name or path on the database """

        project = None
        try:
            project = Project.select().where(
                (Project.name == name) |
                (Project.path == path)
            )[0]
        except:
            pass

        return project is None