New to Aperture: keywords and icons

Hello, although i'm not a pro photographer, I decided to switch from iPhoto to Aperture (thanks to the cheaper price Aperture now has on the app store).
I have imported one of my iphoto libraries, the main one with travel pictures, and I have a couple of doubts.
1) How can I remove or hide the keyword bar that appear on each and everyone of my photos? (see attached pic for reference). http://dl.dropbox.com/u/112449/19809023848234/aperture.png
2) What do those icon on the right bottom corner of the photo mean?
For everything, I'm really loving Aperture.. it's great and doesn't have all those tiny limitations I kept on finding in iPhoto.
Thanks.

1) How can I remove or hide the keyword bar that appear on each and everyone of my photos?
View menu -> Metadata Display -> Show Metadata
2) What do those icon on the right bottom corner of the photo mean?
That one means there's a keyword attached to the shot. There are a few others. They're explained in the mnual.
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