diff --git a/resources/recipes/everett_herald.recipe b/resources/recipes/everett_herald.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d91836b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/recipes/everett_herald.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class AdvancedUserRecipe1295088390(BasicNewsRecipe):
+     title          = u'Everett Herald'
+     language = 'en'
+     __author__ = '77ja65'
+     oldest_article = 4
+     max_articles_per_feed = 50
+     no_stylesheets = True
+     masthead_url          = 'http://heraldnet.com/images/hnet/jQueryComponents/jQueryNavigation/heraldnet_logo.png'
+     extra_css      = '.headline {font-size: x-large;} \n .fact { padding-top: 10pt  }'
+
+     feeds          = [(u'Local News',
+ u'http://heraldnet.com/section/RSS02&mime=xml'),
+         (u'Sports', u'http://heraldnet.com/section/RSS04&mime=xml'),
+         (u'Entertainment',
+ u'http://heraldnet.com/section/RSS07&mime=xml'),
+         (u'Life', u'http://heraldnet.com/section/RSS03&mime=xml'),
+         (u'Breaking News',
+ u'http://heraldnet.com/section/RSS34&mime=xml'),
+         (u'Seahawks', u'http://heraldnet.com/section/RSS22&mime=xml'),
+         (u'HeraldNet', u'http://heraldnet.com/section/RSS01&mime=xml'),
+         (u'Inside Everett',
+ u'http://heraldnet.com/section/RSS26&mime=xml')
+         ]
+
+     def print_version(self, url):
+       return url + "&template=PrinterFriendly"
+
+     extra_css = '''
+                     h1{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-
+ weight:bold;font-size:large;}
+                     h2{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-
+ weight:normal;font-size:small;}
+                 '''
+
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
index 6e6b553dba..2c88556d7b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ __copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 import re, os
 
 from PyQt4.Qt import Qt, QDialog, QGridLayout, QVBoxLayout, QFont, QLabel, \
-                     pyqtSignal, QDialogButtonBox
-from PyQt4 import QtGui
+                     pyqtSignal, QDialogButtonBox, QDate, QLineEdit
 
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.metadata_bulk_ui import Ui_MetadataBulkDialog
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.tag_editor import TagEditor
@@ -302,6 +301,7 @@ class MetadataBulkDialog(ResizableDialog, Ui_MetadataBulkDialog):
         self.pubdate.setSpecialValueText(_('Undefined'))
         self.clear_pubdate_button.clicked.connect(self.clear_pubdate)
         self.pubdate.dateChanged.connect(self.do_apply_pubdate)
+        self.adddate.setDate(QDate.currentDate())
         self.adddate.setMinimumDate(UNDEFINED_QDATE)
         self.adddate.setSpecialValueText(_('Undefined'))
         self.clear_adddate_button.clicked.connect(self.clear_adddate)
@@ -365,16 +365,16 @@ class MetadataBulkDialog(ResizableDialog, Ui_MetadataBulkDialog):
         offset = 10
         self.s_r_number_of_books = min(10, len(self.ids))
         for i in range(1,self.s_r_number_of_books+1):
-            w = QtGui.QLabel(self.tabWidgetPage3)
+            w = QLabel(self.tabWidgetPage3)
             w.setText(_('Book %d:')%i)
             self.testgrid.addWidget(w, i+offset, 0, 1, 1)
-            w = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.tabWidgetPage3)
+            w = QLineEdit(self.tabWidgetPage3)
             w.setReadOnly(True)
             name = 'book_%d_text'%i
             setattr(self, name, w)
             self.book_1_text.setObjectName(name)
             self.testgrid.addWidget(w, i+offset, 1, 1, 1)
-            w = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.tabWidgetPage3)
+            w = QLineEdit(self.tabWidgetPage3)
             w.setReadOnly(True)
             name = 'book_%d_result'%i
             setattr(self, name, w)