diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py
index c48c7c3640..4a74c87097 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ class MetadataSingleDialog(ResizableDialog, Ui_MetadataSingleDialog):
         self.cover_changed = True
 
     def initialize_series(self):
+        self.series.setSizeAdjustPolicy(self.series.AdjustToContentsOnFirstShow)
         all_series = self.db.all_series()
         all_series.sort(cmp=lambda x, y : cmp(x[1], y[1]))
         series_id = self.db.series_id(self.row)
@@ -335,13 +336,6 @@ class MetadataSingleDialog(ResizableDialog, Ui_MetadataSingleDialog):
             self.series.setCurrentIndex(idx)
             self.enable_series_index()
 
-        pl = self.series.parentWidget().layout()
-        for i in range(pl.count()):
-            l =  pl.itemAt(i).layout()
-            if l:
-                l.invalidate()
-                l.activate()
-
     def initialize_series_and_publisher(self):
         self.initialize_series()
         all_publishers = self.db.all_publishers()
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/images/news/der_standard.png b/src/calibre/gui2/images/news/der_standard.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d750fe5a8
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diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_der_standard.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_der_standard.py
index eec4c4e74d..c053d74cfb 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_der_standard.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_der_standard.py
@@ -1,14 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env  python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2009, Gerhard Aigner <gerhard.aigner at gmail.com>'
 
 ''' http://www.derstandard.at - Austrian Newspaper '''
 import re
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 class DerStandardRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
-    title          = u'derStandard'
-    __author__  = 'Gerhard Aigner'
-
+    title = u'derStandard'
+    __author__ = 'Gerhard Aigner'
+    description = u'Nachrichten aus Österreich' 
+    publisher ='derStandard.at'
+    category = 'news, politics, nachrichten, Austria'
+    use_embedded_content = False
+    remove_empty_feeds = True
+    lang = 'de-AT'
+    no_stylesheets = True
+    encoding = 'utf-8'
+    language = _('German')
+    recursions = 0
     oldest_article = 1
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
+    
+    html2lrf_options = [
+                          '--comment'  , description
+                        , '--category' , category
+                        , '--publisher', publisher
+                        ]
+
+    html2epub_options  = 'publisher="' + publisher + '"\ncomments="' + description + '"\ntags="' + category + '"' 
+    
     feeds          = [(u'International', u'http://derstandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=internationalpolitik'),
         (u'Inland', u'http://derstandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=innenpolitik'),
         (u'Wirtschaft', u'http://derstandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=investor'),
@@ -20,17 +43,13 @@ class DerStandardRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
         (u'Wissenschaft', u'http://derstandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=wissenschaft'),
         (u'Gesundheit', u'http://derstandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=gesundheit'),
         (u'Bildung', u'http://derstandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=subildung')]
-
-    encoding = 'utf-8'
-    language = _('German')
-    recursions = 0
     remove_tags = [dict(name='div'), dict(name='a'), dict(name='link'), dict(name='meta'),
         dict(name='form',attrs={'name':'sitesearch'}), dict(name='hr')]
     preprocess_regexps = [
-        (re.compile(r'\[[\d*]\]', re.DOTALL|re.IGNORECASE), lambda match: ''),
+        (re.compile(r'\[[\d]*\]', re.DOTALL|re.IGNORECASE), lambda match: ''),
         (re.compile(r'bgcolor="#\w{3,6}"', re.DOTALL|re.IGNORECASE), lambda match: '')
     ]
-
+    
     def print_version(self, url):
         return url.replace('?id=', 'txt/?id=')
 
@@ -40,3 +59,10 @@ class DerStandardRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
         if (article.link.count('ressort') > 0 or article.title.lower().count('ansichtssache') > 0):
             return None
         return article.link
+
+    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
+        soup.html['xml:lang'] = self.lang
+        soup.html['lang']     = self.lang
+        mtag = '<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=' + self.encoding + '">'
+        soup.head.insert(0,mtag)
+        return soup  
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