diff --git a/resources/recipes/harpers.recipe b/resources/recipes/harpers.recipe
index b2df3c00aa..f69eaccff1 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/harpers.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/harpers.recipe
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env  python
-
 __license__   = 'GPL v3'
-__copyright__ = '2008-2009, Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>'
+__copyright__ = '2008-2010, Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>'
 '''
 harpers.org
 '''
@@ -11,8 +9,7 @@ from calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import Tag
 class Harpers(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title                 = u"Harper's Magazine"
     __author__            = u'Darko Miletic'
-    language = 'en'
-
+    language              = 'en'
     description           = u"Harper's Magazine: Founded June 1850."
     publisher             = "Harper's Magazine "
     category              = 'news, politics, USA'
@@ -21,13 +18,12 @@ class Harpers(BasicNewsRecipe):
     no_stylesheets        = True
     use_embedded_content  = False
 
-    html2lrf_options = [
-                          '--comment', description
-                        , '--category', category
-                        , '--publisher', publisher
-                        ]
-
-    html2epub_options = 'publisher="' + publisher + '"\ncomments="' + description + '"\ntags="' + category + '"\noverride_css=" p {text-indent: 0em; margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 0.5em} img {margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 0.4em}"'
+    conversion_options = {
+                          'comment'   : description
+                        , 'tags'      : category
+                        , 'publisher' : publisher
+                        , 'language'  : language
+                        }
 
     extra_css = '''
                 h1{ font-family:georgia ; color:#111111; font-size:large;}                
@@ -39,8 +35,9 @@ class Harpers(BasicNewsRecipe):
     keep_only_tags = [ dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'cached'}) ]
     remove_tags = [
                      dict(name='table', attrs={'class':['rcnt','rcnt topline']})
-                    ,dict(name=['link','object','embed'])
+                    ,dict(name=['link','object','embed','meta','base'])
                   ]
+    remove_attributes = ['width','height']
 
     feeds       = [(u"Harper's Magazine", u'http://www.harpers.org/rss/frontpage-rss20.xml')]
 
@@ -49,20 +46,13 @@ class Harpers(BasicNewsRecipe):
         index = 'http://harpers.org/'
         soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
         link_item = soup.find(name = 'img',attrs= {'class':"cover"})
-        print link_item
         if link_item:
            cover_url = 'http://harpers.org' + link_item['src'] 
-        print cover_url   
         return cover_url
     
     def preprocess_html(self, soup):
-        mcharset = Tag(soup,'meta',[("http-equiv","Content-Type"),("content","text/html; charset=utf-8")])
-        soup.head.insert(1,mcharset)
         for item in soup.findAll(style=True):
             del item['style']
         for item in soup.findAll(xmlns=True):
             del item['xmlns']
         return soup
-
-    
-
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
index 8125298634..b00205e6d6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
@@ -193,8 +193,7 @@ class MetadataBulkDialog(QDialog, Ui_MetadataBulkDialog):
                              'Note: <b>you can destroy your library</b> '
                              'using this feature. Changes are permanent. There '
                              'is no undo function. You are strongly encouraged '
-                             'to backup the metadata.db file in your library '
-                             'before proceeding.'))
+                             'to back up your library before proceeding.'))
         self.s_r_error = None
         self.s_r_obj = None
 
@@ -278,13 +277,6 @@ class MetadataBulkDialog(QDialog, Ui_MetadataBulkDialog):
         field = unicode(self.search_field.currentText())
         if not field or not self.s_r_obj:
             return
-        if self.s_r_backup_db.isChecked():
-            self.db.commit()
-            src = self.db.dbpath
-            dest = self.db.dbpath+'.backup'
-            if os.path.exists(dest):
-                os.remove(dest)
-            shutil.copyfile(src, dest)
 
         fm = self.db.field_metadata[field]
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.ui
index 8e0feb55d9..d01d3e2ea8 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.ui
@@ -329,17 +329,14 @@ Future conversion of these books will use the default settings.</string>
             <bool>true</bool>
            </property>
           </widget>
-         </item>
-         <item row="2" column="0" colspan="3">
-          <widget class="QCheckBox" name="s_r_backup_db">
+         <item row="2" column="0">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="filler">
            <property name="text">
-            <string>Backup 'metadata.db' to 'metadata.db.backup' before applying changes</string>
-           </property>
-           <property name="checked">
-            <bool>true</bool>
+            <string> </string>
            </property>
           </widget>
          </item>
+         </item>
          <item row="3" column="0">
           <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
            <property name="text">