Question: (CNN) -- Garth Brooks is still holding out hope he can do shows in Ireland despite the Dublin city council saying no to two of them.

Brooks told the Irish promoter after the city's approval of just three shows he would wait "to the last second" before sending his crew and gear back the the United States.

"I cannot begin to tell you how badly my heart is breaking right now," the singer wrote in a note to Aiken Promotions on Tuesday. Brooks' rep on Wednesday provided CNN a copy of the note.

The Dublin shows had been planned for Croke Park Stadium, a football arena that can hold more than 90,000 fans, on five consecutive nights during the last week of July. The council approved Friday, Saturday and Sunday shows, but rejected licenses for Monday and Tuesday night concerts.

The promoter, saying Brooks insisted on five shows or none at all, announced Tuesday that all concerts of "The Garth Brooks Comeback Special Event" were canceled and the 400,000 tickets sold would be refunded.

A measure of the demand to see Brooks perform live is impressive, considering the 400,000 tickets sold represent nearly one of every 10 people in the Republic of Ireland's 4.5 million population.

"I hope you understand that to play for 400,000 people would be a dream, but to tell 160,000 of those people that they are not welcome would be a nightmare," Brooks wrote. "To do what the city manager suggests (play three shows and not all five) means I agree that is how people should be treated and I just can't agree with that." 1. who will wait for the last moment ?
2. and the first mane ?
3. why is he holding out hope ?
4. despite what council ?
5. how many did they turn down ?
6. how many tickets were sold ?
7. was it all given back ?
8. where did the send the crew back to ?
9. what else went back ?
10. who did he write a note to ?
11. on what day ?
12. when did cnn get it ?
13. how many shows were spproved ?
14. what days ?
15. what days were no approved ?
16. day or night ?
17. how many could the arena hold ?
18. on hoe many night straight ?
19. when ?
20. of what month ? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Brooks
2. Garth
3. he can do shows in Ireland
4. Dublin city
5. two
6. 400,000
7. yes
8. United States
9. gear
10. Aiken Promotions
11. Tuesday
12. Wednesday
13. Three
14. Friday, Saturday and Sunday
15. Monday and Tuesday
16. night
17. 90,000
18. five consecutive
19. during the last week
20. July

Q: We have heard about people who have special memories. Recently there has been a report about a woman from Australia who can remember almost every detail of all the events in her daily life. Rebecca Sharrock, 25, is one of just 80 people worldwide who have been identified as having Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory ( HSAM,). It means she can remember every small event-which most people would forget with in (......) days-as if it had happened just minutes ago. "I remember my mum putting me in the driver's seat of a car and taking a picture of me when I was 12 days old," she said. "That's my earliest memory. I remember every day since then. I can't tell all the dates exactly because I was too young to understand calendars, but I remember what I did that every day, what the weather was like and so on." Rebecca can also re-experience taste. If she's eating something that she doesn't like, she thinks about Black Forest cake, her favorite food, and the memory will be so strong that she can nearly "taste" it. However, sometimes her memories prove to be painful. Because they're not just events that she remembers. "When I relive memories, the feelings return, too," Rebecca said. "For example, I remember falling over when I was three at my grandparents' house and hurting my left knee. Talking about it now, I feel painful in my left knee. " "At night, I have to sleep with the radio/recorder and a soft light on, she added. "1f it's too dark or quiet, my mind would be filled with all these memories and I can't sleep. "

1. 25
2. Australia
3. Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory
4. she can remember almost every detail of all the events in her daily life
5. 12 days old
6. in the driver's seat of a car
7. take a picture
8. what she did and what the weather was like
9. taste
10. she can re-experience taste
11. Black Forest cake
12. 80
13. no
14. 12 days old
15. her left knee
16. her grandparents' house
17. three
18. she felt pain in her left knee
19. radio/recorder
20. if it's too dark or quiet she can't sleep

Numbered questions:
1. How old is Rebecca Sharrock?
2. Where is she from?
3. What special talent does she have?
4. Which means what?
5. How old was she in the first thing she remembers?
6. Where was she then?
7. What did her mom do after that?
8. What kinds of things does she remember about each day?
9. Which sense of hers has an unusual feature?
10. How is it unusual?
11. What thing does she enjoy eating the most?
12. How many people have incredible memories like her?
13. Are they all in Australia?
14. How old was she during her first memory?
15. What body part did she hurt when she was little?
16. Where was she when that happened?
17. How old was she then?
18. What happened when she talked about it?
19. What does she listen to when she rests?
20. Why?

input: CHAPTER XX

BACK IN CAMP

"What's this you are saying, Link?" demanded Phil, who had overheard the conversation just recorded. "You ought to be ashamed of yourself to talk that way. Just because Dave spent part of his life in the poorhouse after he was stolen away from his parents is no reason why you should speak as you do."

"And that isn't the reason why I am talking this way," retorted the prisoner. "I've got another reason, and Dave Porter will find out what it is before very long."

"You just said that I was not Dave Porter," remarked our hero. "What do you mean by that?"

"Never mind what I mean; you'll find out sooner or later," answered Link, with an expression of cunning on his countenance.

"Oh, don't listen to him!" broke in Roger; "he is only trying to worry you, Dave. Let us get back to the bungalows and tell Mr. Wadsworth about this capture."

"I'm not going back with you," retorted Link Merwell. And now, with his hands tied behind him, he made a leap over the rocks in the direction of the woods.

The sudden movement on the part of the prisoner, surrounded as he was by all of the boys, came somewhat as a surprise. But Dave, Roger and Phil were quick to recover, and away they bounded in pursuit of the fleeing one.

Terror lent speed to Link Merwell's feet, and soon he gained the edge of the growth, which at this point was quite heavy. 1. Where did Dave live at one time?
2. Was he with his parents?
3. Why not?
4. Who is the prisoner?
5. What kind of expression did he have?
6. What is his last name?
7. Are his hands bound?
8. Where does Roger want to go?
9. Who does he want to see there?
10. And tell him what?
11. Does Link want to go too?
12. What did he jump over?
13. Which way did he go?
14. Did the boys expect that?
15. How many were there, besides Link?
16. What are their names?
17. What did they do after Link leapt?
18. Did they catch him immediately?
19. What emotion did Link feel?
20. Where did he run to? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. the poorhouse
2. no
3. he was stolen away
4. Link
5. cunning
6. Merwell
7. yes
8. the bungalows
9. Mr. Wadsworth
10. about this capture
11. No.
12. the rocks
13. in the direction of the woods.
14. no
15. Three
16. Dave, Roger and Phil
17. recovered
18. no
19. Terror
20. the edge of the growth