Parallelism for the Masses - with Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET 4.0

Want to know how to really take advantage of all those multi-core processor machines out there? Tired of waiting for your old sequential applications to complete - while most of your multi-core CPU processors stand by like Turnpike Workers (one guy in the ditch digging – while 3 guys watch from above while leaning on their shovels?) Ever wanted to explore the wonderful world of Parallel Processing – but thought the barrier to entry was too high?