KDE 4.6... my desktop went ugly !

[Linuxguy123]

I upgraded to KDE-4.6 via kde-testing.  It worked.

However, my desktop went ugly !

What is with the white clouds around the text on a desktop icon ?   How
do I get rid of it. 

My task bar has really weird shading that makes the text hard to read.
It used to be solid black.   How do I get that back ?

The clock is ugly too... time to dig in and look at a few different
schemes.