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Question: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Waymo is Positive . SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc âs Waymo  sought at least $1 billion in damages and a public apology from Uber Technologies Inc as conditions for settling  its  high-profile trade secret lawsuit against the ride-services company  sources familiar with the proposal told Reuters.
The Waymo self-driving car unit also asked that an independent monitor be appointed to ensure Uber does not use  Waymo  technology in the future  the sources said.
Uber rejected those terms as non-starters  said the sources  who were not authorized to publicly discuss settlement talks. The precise dollar amount requested by  Waymo  and the exact time the offer was made could not be learned.
 Waymoâs  tough negotiating stance  which has not been previously reported  reflects the company âs  confidence in  its  legal position after months of pretrial victories in a case which may help to determine who emerges in the forefront of the fast-growing field of self-driving cars.
The aggressive settlement demands also suggest that  Waymo  is not in a hurry to resolve the lawsuit  in part because of  its  value as a distraction for Uber leadership  said Elizabeth Rowe  a trade secret expert at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.
 Waymo  recently persuaded a San Francisco federal judge to delay a trial to decide the dispute from October to early December  citing the need to investigate evidence Uber had not disclosed earlier.
Amy Candido  a  Waymo  attorney  declined to comment on any settlement talks  but said the companyâs reasons for suing Uber are âpretty clear.â
â Waymo  had one goal: to stop Uber from using  its  trade secrets â  she  said. âThat remains  its  goal.â
 Waymo  sued Uber in February  claiming that former engineer Anthony Levandowski downloaded more than 14 000 confidential files before leaving to set up a self-driving truck company  called Otto  which Uber acquired soon after.
Uber denied using any of Waymoâs trade secrets.
FILE PHOTO: The  Waymo  logo is displayed during the company's unveil of a self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit  Michigan  U.S.  January 8  2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
 Waymoâs  lawsuit has been disruptive for Uber. U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted  Waymoâs  request for a pretrial injunction in May  which prohibited Levandowski from working on Lidar  a key sensor technology for self-driving cars that is the crux of the current litigation.
Uber later fired Levandowski  regarded as a visionary in autonomous technology  after he refused to return Waymo documents at the heart of the case. Levandowski has asserted his constitutional right against self-incrimination and declined to answer questions from  Waymo  lawyers.
Benchmark cited  Waymo âs allegations of trade secret theft in separate litigation aimed at forcing Kalanick off Uberâs board. A Delaware judge put that lawsuit on hold and sent it to private arbitration.
On Sunday Oct. 1  the day before Kalanick was scheduled to give a deposition in the Waymo case  Kalanickâs lawyers called  Waymo  and asked to postpone the deposition  lawyers for both companies said in court last week.
Kalanickâs lawyers said he was in the middle of a fight to appoint new board members and was therefore too busy   Waymo  attorneys said in court.  Waymo  refused the request  forcing Kalanick to attend the deposition.

Answer: no


Question: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Assad is Neutral . BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syriaâs army and its allies will keep fighting in Syria after the battle ends in Deir al-Zor province  where Islamic State has its last significant stronghold   President Bashar al-Assad  said on Tuesday.
âThe victories against terrorist organizations  starting in Aleppo and not ending in Deir al-Zor  formed a critical strike that foiled partition projects and terrorist goals â  Assad âs office quoted  him  as saying.
 Assad  regards all the groups fighting against the Syrian state as terrorist groups.
 Assad  said in  his  meeting with Velayati that the battle would last âuntil the recovery of security and stability to all Syrian landsâ   his  office said.

Answer: yes


Question: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Paul Bauer is Positive . Cmdr.  Paul Bauer   53  was shot to death at the Thompson Center after chasing a man fleeing from tactical officers who tried to stop  him   police officials said.  Bauer   a 31-year-veteran who had been in the area for training and had a meeting with aldermen scheduled later  confronted the man  according to police officials and other sources. He opened fire  hitting the commander multiple times  police said.
 Bauer   the married father of a 13-year-old daughter  is the first Chicago cop shot and killed since 2011  and he is the highest-ranking officer killed in decades.
Chicago Police Department Cmdr. Paul Bauer was shot and killed in Chicago on Feb. 13  2018. Cmdr. Paul Bauer was shot and killed in Chicago on Feb. 13  2018. (Chicago Police Department) (Chicago Police Department)
 Bauer  heard the radio traffic  saw a man matching the description and tried to approach and question him in or near a stairwell  according to Guglielmi. A struggle ensued and Bauer  was shot multiple times.
 Bauer  was in uniform  Guglielmi said.
The tactical officers apprehended the man  and  Bauer  was taken to the hospital  where  he  was pronounced dead shortly after 2 p.m.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel was preparing to board a flight in Los Angeles to head home Tuesday afternoon when he was told of the shooting. He arrived in Chicago around 7 p.m. and headed straight to a meeting with Johnson  the mayorâs staff said. Emanuel said in a statement that  Bauer âs death was a sad reminder of the perils of police work.
â Commander Bauer  stood for the highest ideals of our police department and our city - to serve and protect the people of Chicago â the statement said.
A statement from the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation called  his  death âsenseless.â
âThe idea that  Paul  would act so unselfishly and would sacrifice  his  own safety for the safety of the people of Chicago and  his  fellow officers comes as no surprise to those of us who knew  him  â the statement read.
Tuesday evening  firefighters at a station near  Bauer âs police district headquarters lowered their flags to half-staff. Anthony Goulet  13  came to pay his respects to the officer he said he had recently met at a community event.
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Answer:
yes