diff --git a/resources/recipes/globe_and_mail.recipe b/resources/recipes/globe_and_mail.recipe
index b2a9915250..b6e6b5c25b 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/globe_and_mail.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/globe_and_mail.recipe
@@ -26,31 +26,12 @@ class GlobeAndMail(BasicNewsRecipe):
     #credit {margin-top:0px;}
     .tag {font-size: 22pt;}'''
     description = 'Canada\'s national newspaper'
-    remove_tags_before = dict(id="article-top")
-    remove_tags = [
-		{'id':['util', 'article-tabs', 'comments', 'article-relations',
-		'gallery-controls', 'video', 'galleryLoading','deck','header',
-        'toolsBottom'] },
-		{'class':['credit','inline-img-caption','tab-pointer'] },
-		dict(name='div', attrs={'id':['lead-photo', 'most-popular-story']}),
-		dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'right'}),
-		dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'footer'}),
-		dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'beta-msg'}),
-		dict(name='img', attrs={'class':'headshot'}),
-		dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'brand'}),
-		dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'nav-wrap'}),
-		dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'featureTopics'}),
-		dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'videoNav'}),
-		dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'blog-header'}),
-		dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'right-rail'}),
-		dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'group-footer-container'}),
-		dict(name=['iframe', 'style'])
-		]
-    remove_attributes = ['style']
-    remove_tags_after = [{'id':['article-content']},
-		{'class':['pull','inline-img'] },
-		dict(name='img', attrs={'class':'inline-media-embed'}),
-		]
+    keep_only_tags = [dict(name='article')]
+    remove_tags = [dict(name='aside'),
+                   dict(name='footer'),
+                   dict(name='div', attrs={'class':(lambda x: isinstance(x, (str,unicode)) and 'articlecommentcountholder' in x.split(' '))}),
+                   dict(name='ul', attrs={'class':(lambda x: isinstance(x, (str,unicode)) and 'articletoolbar' in x.split(' '))}),
+                  ]
     feeds = [
             (u'Latest headlines', u'http://www.theglobeandmail.com/?service=rss'),
             (u'Top stories', u'http://www.theglobeandmail.com/?service=rss&feed=topstories'),
diff --git a/resources/recipes/volksrant.recipe b/resources/recipes/volksrant.recipe
index dcc8c042ee..6f3ec4ce0d 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/volksrant.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/volksrant.recipe
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
  on 10/10/10 to include function to grab print version of articles
 '''
 
+from datetime import date
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 '''
 added by Tony Stegall
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1249039563(BasicNewsRecipe):
     no_stylesheets = True
     language = 'nl'
 
-
     extra_css      = '''
                         body{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small;}
                         h1{font-size:large;}
@@ -43,14 +43,16 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1249039563(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
         br = self.get_browser()
+        print 'THE CURRENT URL IS: ', url
         br.open(url)
+        year = date.today().year
 
         try:
-         response = br.follow_link(url_regex='.*?(2010)(\\/)(article)(\\/)(print)(\\/)', nr = 0)
-         html = response.read()
+          response = br.follow_link(url_regex='.*?(%d)(\\/)(article)(\\/)(print)(\\/)'%year, nr = 0)
+          html = response.read()
         except:
-         response = br.open(url)
-         html = response.read()
+          response = br.open(url)
+          html = response.read()
 
         self.temp_files.append(PersistentTemporaryFile('_fa.html'))
         self.temp_files[-1].write(html)
@@ -59,19 +61,22 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1249039563(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
    ###############################################################################################################
 
-    feeds          = [
-                      (u'Laatste Nieuws', u'http://volkskrant.nl/rss/laatstenieuws.rss'),
-                      (u'Binnenlands nieuws', u'http://volkskrant.nl/rss/nederland.rss'),
-                      (u'Buitenlands nieuws', u'http://volkskrant.nl/rss/internationaal.rss'),
-                      (u'Economisch nieuws', u'http://volkskrant.nl/rss/economie.rss'),
-                      (u'Sportnieuws', u'http://volkskrant.nl/rss/sport.rss'),
-                      (u'Kunstnieuws', u'http://volkskrant.nl/rss/kunst.rss'),
+    '''
+      Change Log:
+       Date: 10/15/2010
+       Feeds updated by Martin Tarenskeen
+    '''
+
+    feeds          = [
+                      (u'Laatste Nieuws', u'http://www.volkskrant.nl/rss/laatstenieuws.rss'),
+                      (u'Binnenland', u'http://www.volkskrant.nl/rss/nederland.rss'),
+                      (u'Buitenland', u'http://www.volkskrant.nl/rss/internationaal.rss'),
+                      (u'Economie', u'http://www.volkskrant.nl/rss/economie.rss'),
+                      (u'Sport', u'http://www.volkskrant.nl/rss/sport.rss'),
+                      (u'Cultuur', u'http://www.volkskrant.nl/rss/kunst.rss'),
+                      (u'Gezondheid & Wetenschap', u'http://www.volkskrant.nl/rss/wetenschap.rss'),
+                      (u'Internet & Media', u'http://www.volkskrant.nl/rss/media.rss') ]
 
-                        #both of these rss feeds link back to the main volksrant.nl url a.k.a Broken
-                        #If someone happens to know the correct paths then they can put them in here
-                      #(u'Wetenschapsnieuws', u'http://feeds.feedburner.com/DeVolkskrantWetenschap'),
-                      #(u'Technologienieuws', u'http://feeds.feedburner.com/vkmedia')
-                      ]
 
 '''
 example for formating