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 # Spring PetClinic Sample Application [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/spring-projects/spring-petclinic.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/spring-projects/spring-petclinic/)
-Deploy this sample application to Pivotal Web Services:
-
-<a href="https://push-to.cfapps.io?repo=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fspring-projects%2Fspring-petclinic.git">
-    <img src="https://push-to.cfapps.io/ui/assets/images/Push-to-Pivotal-Light-with-Shadow.svg" width="180" alt="Push" align="center">
-</a>
-
-## Understanding the Spring Petclinic application with a few diagrams
-<a href="https://speakerdeck.com/michaelisvy/spring-petclinic-sample-application">See the presentation here</a>
-
-## Running petclinic locally
-Petclinic is a [Spring Boot](https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-boot) application built using [Maven](https://spring.io/guides/gs/maven/). You can build a jar file and run it from the command line:
-
-
-```
-git clone https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-petclinic.git
-cd spring-petclinic
-./mvnw package
-java -jar target/*.jar
-```
-
-You can then access petclinic here: http://localhost:8080/
 
 <img width="1042" alt="petclinic-screenshot" src="https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/838318/19727082/2aee6d6c-9b8e-11e6-81fe-e889a5ddfded.png">