A few chapters in, it goes down a rabbit hole and works on the assumption that anyone reading it will be both American and a hater of Trump. Timothy Snyder (Professor of History at Yale University) presents moments of history, current events, and analysis as well as strategies for dealing with "alternative facts" and "magical thinking." Please try again. high sounding notions which amount to little, Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2019. theme is that Trump and his supporters are fascists. If you enjoy Video WatchBlog, your kind support will help to ensure its continued frequency and broader reach of coverage. Breaking Her Spirit (4.53) An anxiety-ridden college student conquers her fears. "This is just harmless entertainment. He then voyages on to Venice by self-propelled gondola. And you thought making movies might be fun. A graphic edition of the bestselling book, featuring the visual storytelling talents of renowned illustrator Nora Krug. Something went wrong. Exhibitionist & Voyeur 01/23/14: A New Way of Seeing Things Ch. They initially didn't know of Kinski's celebrity, and their innocence of his professional life somehow made it possible for them to foster with him a warm and perfectly decent friendship. Powered by. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. (I’m British and I’m appalled by Donald Trump). It is signed by the artist Utarefson, and Catalano - man-on-the-spot that he is - quickly produces a pocket mirror to confirm his suspicions of the artist's identity. Nosferatu finally bursts out of his resting place in what we can only presume to be modern day, whatever that is. He has NO idea of tyranny. Enemy of Christ...") Meanwhile elsewhere, Nosferatu supposedly arrives at the height of Masquerade, allowing the production to make some use of the footage Kinski queered by his absence. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. "Oh, come on, professor," he is scolded. (and is a poor reflection on his university). Say, there was a military coup, or invasion or other revolutionary take-over, with guns and violence – then yes, that is how the dictatorship came into being. The author tries to maintain an even tone in favor of reason and truth but often he breaks down and rants. Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2019. I’m not an American citizen and I don’t understand why a book on a subject of (supposedly) global appeal would address me as an American. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. They have a well-locked tomb in their cellar they fear may contain the remains of Nosferatu (here used preposterously as an actual surname, as opposed to a genus), traced back as far as ten centuries ago, who mysteriously disappeared in Venice during its 1786 carnival. He and Lucidi quickly reached a point of no return, forcing Caminito to choose the apoplectic truant over a director who had more than lived up to his contract by salvaging the first few days of production when Kinski couldn't be bothered to attend. Tim Sykes: The famous and young stock investor used his bar mitzvah cash for his first investment. FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2019, file photo, Oakland Raiders wide receiver Tyrell Williams runs against the Los Angeles Chargers during the first half of an NFL football game in Carson, Calif. Las Vegas Raiders' Williams has a torn labrum in his shoulder that he will try to play through this season. Plummer's sudden exit from the film behind a gust of Venetian fog is hilariously similar to Bela Lugosi's exit in PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. All rights reserved. State … not arrive in time for these festivities; an omen of things to come. Twenty minutes into the picture, after we see the hapless exorcist impotently excoriating the bloodsucker before plunging to his death on the iron spikes of a fence outside the villa. But many dictatorships start slowly, and insidiously. #1 New York Times Bestseller • A historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authoritarianism. It is clearly written with a bias against President Trump, but more importantly uses the briefest of snippets in history to poorly justify his claims. It was such a page turner that I couldn't put it down. The 4-Hour Workweek has spent seven years on The New York Times bestseller list. A replacement director, Pasquale Squiltieri, attempted to level the books by bringing in Christopher Plummer and Donald Pleasence at additional great expense, but again there were problems between Kinski and Squiltieri, who became the second director to be let go with full pay. Coronation Street (often referred to as Corrie) is a British soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. A stunning new chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe and America. She may have also refused to work with him any further because, from this point on, our frisky proponent of "love never dies" turns his gropey attentions to Helietta's sister Maria (Anne Knecht, the real-life girlfriend of Yorgo Voyagis, an untrained actress whom Kinski "insisted" take over the female lead). (Did they know how to bait Kinski or what?) In counterpoint cutaways to our hero (who specializes in reading antique Latin texts aloud), we learn that the only way to destroy a vampire is with "the love of a consenting virgin." The facility consisted of three properties that housed approximately two-hundred horses, … Parallels in history mean something and we need to heed their lessons. Meanwhile, the seance continues as the medium invokes the spirit of evil with a thesaurus-worth of labels for her adversary ("Incarnation of Iniquity! He makes a pointless visit to a camp of dancing gypsies who seem to know him. Nosferatu continues killing off the unnecessary cast members on the Villa's handy spiked iron fence but is stopped in his tracks by the beauteous Helietta, in whom he recognizes the reincarnation of his lost Letizia. Roughly ten minutes of outtake anecdotes pertaining specifically to NOSFERATU IN VENICE are also included. I'm foggy on whether Barneval or Catalano is introduced as "the world's foremost authority on vampirism," but the dinnertime conversation doesn't exceed what any kid picks up from watching old movies on television; at the same time, it extensively rewrites what we know of the subject. The home viewer cannot help but feel addressed directly by this homespun wisdom. The mark of a truly non partisan history book is to finish the book and have no clue what political party the author identifies with. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. The film's direction was then taken over by Mario Caiano, who abandoned the picture, again with full pay, upon learning that Caminito had told Kinski that he could direct his own scenes. He started with penny stocks and was worth more than $1.5 million by his 21st birthday. I hope everyone that cares about learning about and not repeating history's mistakes will read this book. To think that the end of one’s life’s work to discover the arrogance of opposing evil in one's own way, is perhaps the universal scheme of God." All this preparation was thwarted when Kinski finally did arrive and made it clear that he wasn't about to suffer again as he did on the Herzog film; he would wear the fangs but he was not going to cut his beautiful long hair, or be colored blue, or wear any other excessive makeup. He goes to Helietta's bed where, in real life, Kinski got too personal with his co-star Barbara De Rossi, causing her to flee the stage in tears. 20-year-old 'Voice' contestant gets 4-chair turn with moving Tim McGraw cover Avery Roberson’s haunting cover of “If You’re Reading This” left all four coaches competing to claim him. I was afraid the author had an agenda and was trying to get me, the reader, to see things through his lens. a thesaurus-worth of labels for her adversary ("Incarnation of Iniquity! Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2018. This is an extraordinary and compelling volume, essentially an extended essay which can be read in 1-2 sittings on the warning signs of creeping authoritarianism. Evolutions des sociétés ces dernières années Ci-dessous, l'évolution par an (depuis 2012) des créations et suppressions d'entreprises en France, par mois avec des courbes en moyenne mobile de 12 mois afin de voir l'évolution et les tendances, idem par semaine avec des moyennes mobiles sur 4 semaines. Imagine a right wing heckler at an Obama speech - wouldn’t armed men take him outside? A replacement director, Pasquale Squiltieri, attempted to level the books by bringing in Christopher Plummer and Donald Pleasence at additional great expense, but again there were problems between Kinski and Squiltieri, who became the second director to be let go with full pay. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. What a waste. ("Time has no meaning in a life that never ends," he says before drifting away.) Meanwhile, the seance continues as the medium invokes the spirit of evil with. By five pages in I realized this was not the case. Please try your request again later. No attempt is made to analyze this dichotomy, but on the surface it would seem that Kinski - at least by this stage in his life - thoroughly loathed the film business and most everyone in it, not least of all the women who traded on their beauty to find a place in it, and delighted in playing hob with any production that sought to exploit him and further degrade his worth as an actor. It didn’t take Boyle long to find a job, and he’s not leaving the division. A New Way of Seeing Things Ch. No one is making you take part.". Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 13, 2021. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Unlike most vampire films only make such new rules to avail themselves of them, none of this stately blather ever becomes useful later. Former Vermont Senate president pro tempore Tim Ashe has landed a new job in the state government he helped shepherd for more than a decade. An impassioned condemnation of America's pandemic response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom. It is often quite clear when there is a dictatorship, when tyranny has taken over, when there is no free speech, and people live in fear of the government. Later, they hastily amend this limited list of combatitives with mercury, found amid the ashen remains of one of Nosferatu's past victims and thus "the only known element capable of killing a vampire." Almost a decade after the release of Werner Herzog's NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (1979), Italian producer Augusto Caminito thought it would be a good idea to hire its erstwhile star Klaus Kinski to lend his presence to a belated sequel. Managed to keep things relatively short today after yesterday's two and a half hour marathon, going only an hour and twenty minutes today. 広済会「つつじヶ丘」での活動内容をまとめた不定期の広報誌「つつじ」です。事業所でのイベント報告や収支決算報告、お世話になっている方への御礼などを紹介しております。 It gives twenty markers of tyranny in its infancy – twenty changes to identify and oppose. The rights of citizens and the freedoms that everyone has taken for granted disappear one by one, until one day the citizens wake up and it is too late – the dictatorship has already taken firm hold. Enemy of Christ...") Meanwhile elsewhere, Nosferatu supposedly arrives at the height of Masquerade, allowing the production to make some use of the footage Kinski queered by his absence. As I type this, it is June 2020, Trump is ending his first term, Boris is PM and Brexit brings us into the unknown. In search of answers, they summon a medium (Clara Colosimo, dubbed by Carolyn De Fonseca) who determines that an attempt was made in 1786 to exorcise Nosferatu within the very walls of the Villa Canins. Catalano is attracted to a painting of the Princess Letizia, Helietta's distant ancestor and near twin. A different kind of hunter, Professor Paris Catalano (Plummer, trying his best) arrives in Venice at the request of a noble Venetian family, the Canins. Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2019. Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was an American domestic terrorist who carried out the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people and injured more than 680 others, and destroyed one third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal … Covid-19 has made us more fearful and submissive, George Floyd was killed in public, sparking continuing worldwide protests about racism towards BAME people. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. It is really sad that a set overall reasonable (though not especially original and sometime patronizing) considerations based on 20th century history be used so blatantly as a backdrop and supposed justification for hysterical anti-Trump propaganda. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! “By being the illegitimate son of illegitimate parents, the son of witches and warlocks, a man who takes his own life, those who die by hanging, those who die of the plague, those who die with blasphemy on their lips, murderers who die unpunished. On Severin Films' new region-free Blu-ray release, we not only get the film but also a feature-length documentary about the final years of Kinski's career (ranging from CRAWLSPACE and CREATURE through NOSFERATU IN VENICE to his last film, PAGANINI, which he also directed) which is devoted almost entirely to outrageous accounts of his on-set behavior. Later, they hastily amend this limited list of combatitives with mercury, found amid the ashen remains of one of Nosferatu's past victims and thus "the only known element capable of killing a vampire." A must read in the current times we are living in, Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2017. He envisioned the film as being set in Venice at the time of its annual masquerade ball, a tradition dating back to the 14th century, when natives and tourists alike don masks and costumes of a bygone era, a time when Nosferatu would have walked its streets as one of the living. Unlike most vampire films only make such new rules to avail themselves of them, none of this stately blather ever becomes useful later. Erotic Couplings 12/19/17: Business or Pleasure (4.53) Our heroine is subjected to an embarrassing situation. For a History Lecturer, this effort gets a minimum grade! Ultimately, Catalano prevails uttering these bitter words: "How ironic. The film's direction was then taken over by Mario Caiano, who abandoned the picture, again with full pay, upon learning that Caminito had told Kinski that he could direct his own scenes. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Read press releases, get updates, watch video and download images. Our collection of the best 'A Christmas Carol' quotes will remind you of the meaning of Christmas. All content (c) by Tim Lucas. This book is a must read for anyone that has any interest in learning from the mistakes that horrible tyrants made in the past and demanding of our representatives that the same mistakes don't repeat the politics of past times laid out in this book. While waiting for his star, the initial director Maurizio Lucidi focused instead on this colorful celebration lending life, color, and surreal imagery to the greyest of European cities, working in additional  shots of Kinski double decked out in his old Nosferatu makeup and creeping over the canal on the Bridge of Sighs. The programme typically centres around the residents of Coronation Street – a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.. I had reservations when I first started reading it. When Helietta asks how one becomes a vampire in the first place, Catalano answers,  “By being the illegitimate son of illegitimate parents, the son of witches and warlocks, a man who takes his own life, those who die by hanging, those who die of the plague, those who die with blasphemy on their lips, murderers who die unpunished. He ignores the current 'Ministry of Truth' deployed by our media (a clearly socialist groupthink), in which "nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." Were there not armed men at Clinton’s rallies? 13 (4.76) Gwen finds that not everything can stay hidden. KILL! Looked at various "woke explosions," including the publishe Various Woke Explosions, Tim Keller, then Trent Horn – Alpha and Omega Ministries Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. That is called security. I can only hope his other book I own (Bloodlands, which is next on my list) is free of such nonsense. Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary, The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America, Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning, The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, Study Guide: On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder (SuperSummary), Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them. A different kind of hunter, Professor Paris Catalano (Plummer, trying his best) arrives in Venice at the request of a noble Venetian family, the Canins. That was the case when I finished this. The accompanying documentary, Josh Johnson's "Creation Is Violent: Anecdotes From Kinski's Final Years" (81m 44s), helps balance the scales of this release by visiting seventeen survivors of different Kinski shoots, both here and abroad, for their candid reminiscences. We see flashbacks to the occasion (“In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost, I annihilate you!”) and Dr. Barneval, the voice of reason, scoffs. The Packers didn’t tender Tim Boyle, making Aaron Rodgers‘ primary backup a free agent. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Calm & Relax Your Body With the Alpha Stim Electrotherapy Device. And that is as it should be. ("Time has no meaning in a life that never ends," he says before drifting away.) What an odd little book. Kinski, you see, had a "pay or play" contract and was working for roughly half the film's budget; simply put, there was no movie without Kinski. Unable to add item to List. He doesn't look like Nosferatu, but rather like a puffy, pink, somewhat sickly version of the vampire Lestat with heavy mascara and hair that wouldn't look out of place in the band Whitesnake. High Priest of Putridity! Twenty minutes into the picture, after we see the hapless exorcist impotently excoriating the bloodsucker before plunging to his death on the iron spikes of a fence outside the villa, Nosferatu finally bursts out of his resting place in what we can only presume to be modern day, whatever that is. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. I bought this book on the recommendation of Jane Elliott, after seeing her talk about the devastation of racism and prejudice. Among the witnesses are Caminito, Luigi Cozzi (who was present to supervise special effects and to assist Caminito as he endeavored to direct an undirectable and indeed directionless film), Ulli Lommel, and model-actress Deborah Caprioglio, who as a teenager became the last of Kinski's lovers. (1984) History has shown that it is the socialists and communists that devolve to mob rule and totalitarianism. He has guest lectured in entrepreneurship at Princeton University since 2003. She may have also refused to work with him any further because, from this point on, our frisky proponent of "love never dies" turns his gropey attentions to Helietta's sister Maria (Anne Knecht, the real-life girlfriend of Yorgo Voyagis, an untrained actress whom Kinski "insisted" take over the female lead). Exhibitionist & Voyeur 02/12/16: Candice, the Crime Stopper (4.08) ENF, forced. And the descendants of vampires.” We also learn later in the film that a vampire "sleeps twenty-four hours every twenty-four days." Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 12, 2020. This is one of those weird books that - when you read it - immediately you feel - in fact, you KNOW that you are in the presence or in the midst of the phenomena it is describing. This book is a warning against the latter case. As one watches NOSFERATU IN VENICE, there is no mistaking that it's some kind of disaster, but it's a tribute to Caminito and his editor Claudio Cutry (THE CURSE, CURSE II: THE BITE, BEYOND THE DOOR III) how acceptably this wet mess holds together. What? Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. All this preparation was thwarted when Kinski finally did arrive and made it clear that he wasn't about to suffer again as he did on the Herzog film; he would wear the fangs but he was not going to cut his beautiful long hair, or be colored blue, or wear any other excessive makeup. This is one of the most important books that I have ever read. Stamps and Wafer Thin Dies by Tim Holtz Hero Arts Lawn Fawn Penny Black Mama Elephant Avery Elle Stampendous Wplus9 Prima Flowers Ranger Inks Memory Box Sizzix Tim Snyder’s thoughtful contemporary essay in 20 chapters is right on the money, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2018. What is not always clear, is how the country got to that point. I had 2 different judges (a family law and a criminal judge) recommend it to me and now my whole office has read it. (Did they know how to bait Kinski or what?) These quotes from 'A Christmas Carol' cite Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim … Awesome Inc. theme. If I compare this 'booket' to Petersen's work, it pales in insignificance and poor judgement. One day free – the next in chains. The historic McQuay Stables was a state-of-the-art Reining and Hunter & Jumper training, sales and breeding facility located in Tioga, Texas, the heart of North Texas horse country. And the descendants of vampires.” We also learn later in the film that a vampire "sleeps twenty-four hours every twenty-four days." (This is the last time it would be seen in the derelict condition it had fallen into during the war, as its restoration to its original beauty was undertaken in the year of this film's release.) High Priest of Putridity! You can see her on YouTube and her legendary blue eyes/brown eyes experiments. Twenty minutes into the picture, after we see the hapless exorcist impotently excoriating the bloodsucker before plunging to his death on the iron spikes of a fence outside the villa, Nosferatu finally bursts out of his resting place in what we can only presume to be modern day, whatever that is. Timothy Snyder is professor of history at Yale and the author of several award-winning books, including ‘Bloodlands’ and ‘Black Earth.’ He has made the study of how tyrannies systematically dismantle established democratic government stage-by-stage his specialist subject and has become a leading thinker on the methods of autocracy as practiced through the past century, especially in Europe. After dinner, everyone retires downstairs to the heavily bolted crypt (cue the wheezing synths of Luigi Ceccarelli) and Catalano announces that Nosferatu cannot be at rest there, as he was last seen shipwrecked somewhere off the sea of Biscayne. In counterpoint cutaways to our hero (who specializes in reading antique Latin texts aloud), we learn that the only way to destroy a vampire is with "the love of a consenting virgin." Its muzzle velocity is incredible.”) which blows a perfect hole in Kinski, an effect apparently achieved by having Kinski wear a mirrored medallion. 4 Devon Conway: NZ: 774: 784 v Bangladesh, 30/03/2021 5 Virat Kohli: IND: 762: 897 v England, 07/09/2014 6 Lokesh Rahul: IND: 743: 854 v England, 03/07/2018 7 Rassie van der Dussen: SA: 700: 744 v England, 01/12/2020 8 Glenn Maxwell: AUS: 694 Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. He makes a pointless visit to a camp of dancing gypsies who seem to know him. For a bestseller, by an apparently well-known writer, this is just bizarre. Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2018. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2019. This is the nationalism that "imposes itself on people incapable of understanding it", not the Trump form of nationalism which is essentially an enforcement of truth and justice, adhering to the will of the people and the Constitution that has served this country so well. While waiting for his star, the initial director Maurizio Lucidi focused instead on this colorful celebration lending life, color, and surreal imagery to the greyest of European cities, working in additional  shots of Kinski double decked out in his old Nosferatu makeup and creeping over the canal on the Bridge of Sighs. And then there’s the author’s belief that there is a ‘conspiracy’ to make people spend more time on the internet. He goes to Helietta's bed where, in real life, Kinski got too personal with his co-star Barbara De Rossi, causing her to flee the stage in tears. Tim Hardaway Jr. (Dallas Mavericks) with a deep 3 vs the New Orleans Pelicans, 03/27/2021 ... Shop Tampa Bay Gear. At Once a Forensic Autopsy Report on how a Democracy Dies & How to Protect Your Humanity if it Does. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. Despite the film's title, it's not all anecdotes, though amusing and horrid stories are indeed the primary focus; however, as it nears its end, the film digresses from the world of show business to the more private side of Kinski's life, as he took refuge in an isolated house high in the hills of Lagunitas, California and communicated only with a local post office worker and her daughter. Nosferatu continues killing off the unnecessary cast members on the Villa's handy spiked iron fence but is stopped in his tracks by the beauteous Helietta, in whom he recognizes the reincarnation of his lost Letizia. Dr. Barneval goes into battle armed with a rifle (“It can stop a charging rhinocerous. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. NonConsent/Reluctance 02/05/16: Catching the Bug (4.45) Kinski, you see, had a "pay or play" contract and was working for roughly half the film's budget; simply put, there was no movie without Kinski. Buy in confidence from the leaders in health and beauty devices with a 60 day money back guarantee and … Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, ON TYRANNY GRAPHIC EDITION : Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, OUR MALADY: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary, THE ROAD TO UNFREEDOM: Russia, Europe, America, BLACK EARTH: The Holocaust as History and Warning. 12 (4.78) Gwen and Tim spend the weekend at the beach. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Please try again. He calls the hecklers at Trump rallies proponents of free speech and says when they were escorted out by armed men that was fascism. He then voyages on to Venice by self-propelled gondola. 14 (4.71) Natalie suggests an anniversary gift for Tim. Apple Newsroom is the source for news about Apple. Kinski did not arrive in time for these festivities; an omen of things to come. Exhibitionist & Voyeur 02/05/14: A New Way of Seeing Things Ch. This book is a step into bizarro world, although some of the inferences pulled from history are valid. They have a well-locked tomb in their cellar they fear may contain the remains of Nosferatu (here used preposterously as an actual. The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Tim has been featured by more than 100 media outlets including The New York Times, The Economist, TIME, Forbes, Fortune, Outside, NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox and CNN. Subscribe to Tim Lucas / Video WatchBlog by Email. He and Lucidi quickly reached a point of no return, forcing Caminito to choose the apoplectic truant over a director who had more than lived up to his contract by salvaging the first few days of production when Kinski couldn't be bothered to attend. He doesn't look like Nosferatu, but rather like a puffy, pink, somewhat sickly version of the vampire Lestat with heavy mascara and hair that wouldn't look out of place in the band Whitesnake. A brilliant, haunting, and profoundly original portrait of the defining tragedy of our time. There is a dinner attended not only by the Princessa Maria Canins (Maria Cumani Quasimodo, excellent) and her beautiful daughter Helietta (Barbara De Rossi), but Don Alvise (Pleasence, a priest who safeguards their villa with baleful utterances), and Dr. Barneval and his attractive daughter Ute (Elvira Audrey). Please try again. The book is expertly written by an author with an obvious extensive knowledge on the subject matter and I had it read in one night. He makes a pointless visit to a camp of dancing gypsies who seem to know him. The author says when they chanted USA at a Trump rally, that was “mob violence.” The author fails often to be reasonable or truthful.