However, I'd point out that Windows 8 gives you a choice the first time you open a picture or video of switching to the traditional desktop viewers.

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The national figures show an improving picture - with more children given their first choice place, more getting one of their top three places and more getting at least one of their chosen options.

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And the picture is hobbled, especially in its second half, by an inexplicable choice to chain itself to the original mythology to its disservice as a new story.

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This, it believes, represents a truer picture of those who are so deprived that they no longer have the chance or choice to improve their lives.

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"I was looking for something to blog about that was not a picture of a cat, " Mr Davies told the BBC News website, explaining his choice of subject matter.

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