diff --git a/resources/images/news/popscience.png b/resources/images/news/popscience.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff33483b10
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diff --git a/resources/recipes/popscience.recipe b/resources/recipes/popscience.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1ea91a6ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/recipes/popscience.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import re
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class AdvancedUserRecipe1282101454(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title = 'Popular Science'
+    language = 'en'
+    __author__ = 'TonytheBookworm'
+    description = 'Popular Science'
+    publisher = 'Popular Science'
+    category = 'gadgets,science'
+    oldest_article = 7 # change this if you want more current articles. I like to go a week in
+    max_articles_per_feed = 100
+    no_stylesheets = True
+    remove_javascript = True
+
+    masthead_url = 'http://www.raytheon.com/newsroom/rtnwcm/groups/Public/documents/masthead/rtn08_popscidec_masthead.jpg'
+
+    remove_tags = [dict(name='div', attrs={'id':['toolbar','main_supplements']}),
+                   dict(name='span', attrs={'class':['comments']}),
+                   dict(name='div', attrs={'class':['relatedinfo related-right','node_navigation','content2']}),
+                   dict(name='ul', attrs={'class':['item-list clear-block']})]
+    feeds          = [
+
+                      ('Gadgets', 'http://www.popsci.com/full-feed/gadgets'),
+                      ('Cars', 'http://www.popsci.com/full-feed/cars'),
+                      ('Science', 'http://www.popsci.com/full-feed/science'),
+                      ('Technology', 'http://www.popsci.com/full-feed/technology'),
+                      ('DIY', 'http://www.popsci.com/full-feed/diy'),
+
+                    ]
+
+
+ #The following will get read of the Gallery: links when found
+
+    def preprocess_html(self, soup) :
+        print 'SOUP IS: ', soup
+        weblinks = soup.findAll(['head','h2'])
+        if weblinks is not None:
+            for link in weblinks:
+                if re.search('(Gallery)(:)',str(link)):
+
+                  link.parent.extract()
+        return soup
+  #-----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/epub.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/epub.py
index 041a1ee603..df9a394258 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/epub.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/epub.py
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ def get_metadata(stream, extract_cover=True):
         except:
             import traceback
             traceback.print_exc()
+    mi.timestamp = None
     return mi
 
 def get_quick_metadata(stream):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/device.py b/src/calibre/gui2/device.py
index b20cd7594f..ae3141db56 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/device.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/device.py
@@ -707,6 +707,10 @@ class DeviceMixin(object): # {{{
         '''
         Called when a device is connected to the computer.
         '''
+        # This can happen as this function is called in a queued connection and
+        # the user could have yanked the device in the meantime
+        if connected and not self.device_manager.is_device_connected:
+            connected = False
         self.set_device_menu_items_state(connected)
         if connected:
             self.device_manager.get_device_information(\
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
index f40eed1fcd..f8d50d1cd2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ from calibre.gui2.init import LibraryViewMixin, LayoutMixin
 from calibre.gui2.search_box import SearchBoxMixin, SavedSearchBoxMixin
 from calibre.gui2.search_restriction_mixin import SearchRestrictionMixin
 from calibre.gui2.tag_view import TagBrowserMixin
+from calibre.utils.ordered_dict import OrderedDict
 
 
 class Listener(Thread): # {{{
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ class Main(MainWindow, MainWindowMixin, DeviceMixin, # {{{
         MainWindow.__init__(self, opts, parent)
         self.opts = opts
         self.device_connected = None
-        acmap = {}
+        acmap = OrderedDict()
         for action in interface_actions():
             mod, cls = action.actual_plugin.split(':')
             ac = getattr(__import__(mod, fromlist=['1'], level=0), cls)(self,