Photos: California home for sale for ?77 million (but the owner comes with it)

IT COSTS $100 million (?77 million), comes with its own ballroom, and has knockout views of San Francisco ? but there?s also a catch.

This gigantic mansion in California is up for sale by its elderly owner who is doing some estate planning, and as part of the terms and conditions, he won?t be handing over the house until he dies. ?Christian de Guigne IV, whose grandfather started building the house 99 years ago, has exclusive use of the home until his death, according to The Wall Street Journal, which could be awkward for anyone hoping to move into their new pad any time soon.

The giant house has seven bedrooms, a servants? wing, two reservoirs, a flower-arranging room and ? of course! ? a pool.

Let?s have a look around.

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'Rock the cat box'?! Most misquoted lyrics of all time

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Manfred Mann's Earth Band is pictured in 1973, three years before the group confused music lovers everywhere by seeming to sing about a feminine hygiene product.

It happens every day in showers, speeding vehicles and karaoke bars all across America. Feeling joyous and carefree, amateur vocalists belt out their favorite tunes ? and botch the lyrics big time.

Which song gets butchered most frequently? A new survey reveals that it?s the 1976 version of ?Blinded by the Light,? which tends to get interpreted like so: ?Blinded by the light...wrapped up like a douche when you?re rollin? in the night.?

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On Thursday, Spotify released the results of a June survey of more than 1,000 music fans. Respondents weighed in on the most misquoted song lyrics of all time, and the results are in:

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They performed "Rock the Casbah," not "Rock the cat box"! From left to right, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon of punk rock band The Clash, circa 1980.

1. ?Blinded by the light...wrapped up like a douche when you?re rollin? in the night? / Actual lyrics: ?Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night? (Manfred Mann?s Earth Band, ?Blinded by the Light?), 52 percent
2. ??Scuse me, while I kiss this guy? / ??Scuse me, while I kiss the sky? (Jimmy Hendrix, ?Purple Haze?), 19 percent
3. ?Rock the cat box? / ?Rock the Casbah? (The Clash, ?Rock the Casbah?), 14 percent
4. ?Hold me closer, Tony Danza? / ?Hold me closer, tiny dancer? (Elton John, ?Tiny Dancer?), 13 percent
5. ?There?s a bathroom on the right? / ?There?s a bad moon on the rise? (Creedence Clearwater Revival, ?Bad Moon Rising?), 12 percent
6. ?Take me down to a very nice city? / ?Take me down to the paradise city? (Guns N? Roses, ?Paradise City?), 10 percent
7. ?Animal!? / ?Panama!? (Van Halen, ?Panama?), 9 percent
8. ?Like a cheese stick? / ?Like a G6? (Far East Movement, ?Like a G6?), 8 percent
9. ?Don't go Jason waterfalls? / ?Don?t go chasing waterfalls? (TLC, ?Waterfalls?), 7 percent
10. ?I blow bubbles when you are not here? / ?My world crumbles when you are not near? (Macy Gray, ?I Try?), 4 percent

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For the record, Jimi Hendrix did not sing, "'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy."

(Survey participants were able to pick more than one song, which is why the percentages above add up to more than 100.)

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The survey, which was conducted via social media and SurveyMonkey.com, also revealed how frustrated people get when they hear mangled song lyrics. The majority of the 1,042 respondents ? 70 percent of them ? said they find flubbed lyrics annoying.

Meanwhile, 47 percent of respondents said they?ve felt embarrassed when they?ve been busted singing the wrong song lyrics themselves.

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Which song lyrics do you think are misquoted most of all? Tweet us using the hashtag #MisheardLyrics.

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Egypt's military disputes 'massacre' death toll

CAIRO // Egypt's military intensified efforts to undermine the supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi yesterday, casting doubt on the number of people killed in a shoot-out on Monday.

Military spokesman Col Ahmed Ali accused Muslim Brotherhood leaders of engaging in "psychological warfare" and denied claims that soldiers opened fire first.

The health ministry put the death toll at 51 after the clashes outside an army barracks where protesters believed Mr Morsi was being held against his will since his removal from power on July 3.

"We don't know how many casualties there were because they took the victims to the mosque, where they were making some kind of propaganda" using images of the injured and dead Col Ali said. "I have a doubt that we killed the number they are announcing."

The military claims its troops only opened fire after a group of militants attacked their positions around the Republican Guard building with guns, rocks and Molotov cocktails.

Protesters said they were attacked by the army and police at dawn during the fajr prayer.

To back up the army's claims, Col Ali showed video footage of pro-Morsi protesters firing weapons and throwing material onto soldiers from roofs around the Republican Guard building.

The footage also included clips from Brotherhood leaders and supporters that Col Ali said was proof of "incitement".

He also said the army believed some of the protesters had killed each other in a bid to increase anger toward the military.

Brotherhood leaders and their supporters were making false claims as part of a "psychological warfare" against the army to sow division and instability, he said.

He said the army's release of video footage was part of their own "psychological operations".

"My job is to deny we are killers," Col Ali said. "We were only protecting Egyptian security."

But Amnesty International said its investigators found "use of grossly disproportionate force" by the army against the protesters.

"Even if some protesters used violence, the response was disproportionate and led to the loss of life and injury among peaceful protesters," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, the deputy director of the group's Middle East and North Africa programme.

Adly Mansour, a former supreme constitutional court judge who was appointed as Egypt's interim president by the military, has promised an independent investigation into the killings.

There was little doubt yesterday that the incident, the deadliest since police fought with protesters during the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak, was fuelling discontent.

The Brotherhood has described the incident as a "massacre" and called on its supporters to remain in the streets. But they remain committed to peaceful protest, according to a spokesman?. Large marches and demonstrations are planned today to protest the military violence and actions against Mr Morsi and other leaders.

Many of the group's top leaders have been detained by the police over the past week on charges of "incitement".

The deep polarisation between Mr Morsi's supporters and a huge swathe of Egypt that opposed him was already proving the biggest challenge for the new government.

Mr Mansour has called on the Brotherhood to join a national reconciliation initiative and participate in upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections, but they have refused, arguing that by doing so they would legitimise the military's actions.

The challenges of reviving Egypt's economy were also thrown into stark relief yesterday after a former official warned that the nation held just two months worth of imported wheat.

Bassem Ouda, the former minister of supplies, told Reuters that the country had just 500,000 tonnes of wheat left in storage. Egypt imports about 10 million tonnes each year.

Mr Morsi had forecast in speeches over the past several months that domestic wheat production would be 9.5 million tonnes, 30 per cent higher than in the year before. Invoking a verse from the Quran, he pointed to what he described as a bountiful harvest as the result of good government policy.

But analysts have thrown cold water on those claims in recent months, predicting a much more modest crop.

On Thursday, the UN Food and Agriculture organisation said that Egypt's would face food security problems.

The interim government was bolstered this week with promises of $12 billion of grants, loans and petroleum products from the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The money will go a long way in preventing Egypt from facing sudden problems, but the new government will still have to find a way to begin reforming its unsustainable fuel and energy subsidy programme that is seen as its most pressing financial problem.

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20th Century Fox to create musicals from its films

NEW YORK (AP) ? Get ready for more stage versions of your favorite movies ? 20th Century Fox has formed a new joint venture to turn the studio's vast arsenal of films into musicals.

The studio said Thursday it has joined up with Tony Award-winner producer Kevin McCollum, film producer John Davis and entertainment executive Tom McGrath to develop at least nine musicals based upon the studio's films over the next several years.

The three will continue to work on other projects while collaborating with Fox.

The move takes 20th Century Fox from a licenser of films into a player on Broadway, adding its heft to already established film studios operating in Times Square, including Disney, Warner Bros., Sony and MGM.

But 20th Century Fox ? which includes the units Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox International Productions and Twentieth Century Fox Animation ? has a mouth-watering list of films that range from "Cocoon" and "Carmen Jones" to "Zorba the Greek" and "There's Something About Mary."

McCollum put together the Broadway hits "Rent," ''Avenue Q" and "In the Heights." Davis was behind the movies "Predator," ''The Firm," ''Grumpy Old Men" and "I Robot." McGrath, a former executive with Viacom Entertainment Group, currently helps lead Crossroads Media, Inc.

They will be aided by Isaac Robert Hurwitz, the executive director and producer of The New York Musical Theatre Festival, who will act as a consultant.

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Keen On? Ninja Innovation: What A Guy From Detroit Can Teach Silicon Valley About Innovation

Does Silicon Valley still lead the world in innovation? Yes, says Gary Shapiro, the long-time CEO and President of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and author of the best-selling selling new book, Ninja Innovation: The 10 Killer Strategies of the World's Most Successful Businesses. But, Shapiro - who lives in Detroit and works in Washington DC - reminds us, that dominance is fragile.

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US to start arming Syrian rebels, but will it make much difference?

Now that the White House says it has determined with ?high certainty? that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons against its people, the United States is planning to send small arms and ammunition to rebel groups there.

Analysts and high-ranking military officials within the Pentagon, however, are warning that this plan may have dangerous and unintended consequences, including drawing the United States into another war in the Middle East.

Arming rebels may also be of questionable strategic value, some senior US military officials argue, although they add that other military options ? notably a no-fly zone ? would come with serious concerns as well.

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Syria ?is awash in weapons,? says one senior Pentagon official who spoke on condition of anonymity. ?The main thing is, will it make a difference??

Rebels have been supplied with arms from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and other neighboring countries vying for influence in the region.

Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona ? one of the most outspoken advocates of establishing a no-fly zone and arming rebel groups with heavy anti-tank and anti-air weapons ? acknowledged Friday on Fox News: ?Just sending arms, very frankly, although they need them very badly ... is not going to change the situation on the ground.?

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However, a no-fly zone would be ?quite frankly, an act of war,? Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO?s supreme allied commander, warned earlier this month.

Senior military officials, for their part, have argued that a no-fly zone would be of questionable strategic value since 10 percent of the casualties inflicted by the Syrian opposition have occurred through the use of air power. ?The other 90 percent are by direct fire or by artillery,? said Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a Monitor breakfast in April.

Senior military officials are also concerned that a no-fly zone could inadvertently catapult the US into a more complex military operation than it had intended. ?The question becomes, if you eliminate one capability of a potential adversary, will you be inclined to find yourself in a position to be asked to do more against the rest?? Dempsey said.

The Obama administration has ruled out a no-fly zone for now.

What might prove more helpful, according to the senior Pentagon official, are supplies like night vision goggles, body armor, and communications gear to help rebel factions coordinate with one another. The US has been considering such a move, but there are no firm plans.

Still, some warn against aiding rebel groups that include large numbers of Islamic fundamentalists and even some members with ties to Al Qaeda.

The Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra ?has declared its affiliation to Al Qaeda and is the strongest military force on the rebel side,? notes James Paul, author of ?Syria Unmasked? and the former executive director of the Global Policy Forum, a think tank that monitors the United Nations. ?This does not bode well for democracy.?

The best hope for a resolution is a diplomatic push that would bring nonviolent democratic activists within Syria into the peace process, Mr. Paul says.

While such a diplomatic resolution seems like a ?long shot,? Syria?s neighbors, including Iran, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, ?all have a lot to lose by this continuing to spiral out of control, and none of them have a lot to win,? says Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute.

The decision that the Obama administration has made to arm rebels ?is a halfway step,? he says. ?I don?t think it?s very likely that providing light armaments will significantly change the balance.?

And in the event that the rebels continue to falter even with US arms, ?the pressure comes to do more,? he says. ?So it?s no longer a discussion of, ?Does this make sense?? It becomes, ?Well, we?re committed.? ?

The war in Syria ?is awful,? Mr. Bandow adds. ?Civil wars are the most awful and horrible kinds of conflict. But if we become involved, we?re looking at a very bad outcome. It?s a horrible situation.

?I don?t think the US can make it much less horrible by providing arms.?

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