diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f02ba022f..230212304 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     <packaging>war</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <antlr.version>2.7.7</antlr.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.7.1</aspectj.version>
         <commons-dbcp.version>1.4</commons-dbcp.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.1</commons-lang3.version>
@@ -38,6 +37,16 @@
         <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
         <logback.version>1.0.9</logback.version>
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
+        <rome.version>1.0</rome.version>
+        <servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version>
+        <slf4j.version>1.7.2</slf4j.version>
+        <spring-data-jpa.version>1.3.0.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
+        <spring-framework.version>3.2.1.RELEASE</spring-framework.version>
+        <validation.version>1.0.0.GA</validation.version>
+        <webjars-bootstrap.version>2.3.0</webjars-bootstrap.version>
+        <webjars-jquery-ui.version>1.9.2</webjars-jquery-ui.version>
+        <webjars-jquery.version>1.9.0</webjars-jquery.version>
+
         <maven-assembly-plugin.version>2.4</maven-assembly-plugin.version>
         <maven-clean-plugin.version>2.5</maven-clean-plugin.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
@@ -62,18 +71,8 @@
         <maven.version.range>[2.2.1,3.1.0)</maven.version.range>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.3</maven-war-plugin.version>
         <mysql.version>5.1.22</mysql.version>
-        <!-- gDickens: Best Practice: ALWAYS define source encoding for platform independence -->
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <rome.version>1.0</rome.version>
-        <servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.2</slf4j.version>
-        <spring-data-jpa.version>1.3.0.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
-        <spring-framework.version>3.2.1.RELEASE</spring-framework.version>
-        <validation.version>1.0.0.GA</validation.version>
-        <webjars-bootstrap.version>2.3.0</webjars-bootstrap.version>
-        <webjars-jquery-ui.version>1.9.2</webjars-jquery-ui.version>
-        <webjars-jquery.version>1.9.0</webjars-jquery.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -133,12 +132,12 @@
             <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <!-- MySQL JDBC Connector -->
-        <!-- gDickens: standard mysql library
-            <dependency>
+        <!-- 
+		<dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
+        </dependency>
         -->
         <!-- Hibernate JPA Provider -->
         <dependency>
@@ -235,7 +234,7 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <!-- gDickens: Best Practice to ALWAYS include the Maven plugin versions -->
+    <!-- all Maven plugin versions are mentioned in order to guarantee the build reproducibility in the long term -->
     <build>
         <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
         <plugins>
@@ -850,6 +849,7 @@
                 <version>${logback.version}</version>
                 <scope>runtime</scope>
             </dependency>
+            <!--  used for Atom -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>rome</groupId>
                 <artifactId>rome</artifactId>
@@ -870,22 +870,18 @@
                 <artifactId>joda-time-jsptags</artifactId>
                 <version>${jodatime-jsptags.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>antlr</groupId>
-                <artifactId>antlr</artifactId>
-                <version>${antlr.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-
-            <!-- Databases -->
-            <dependency>
+ 
+            <!-- Databases - Uses HSQL by default -->
+            <!-- <dependency>
                 <groupId>mysql</groupId>
                 <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
                 <version>${mysql.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
+            </dependency>  -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
                 <version>${hsqldb.version}</version>
+                <scope>runtime</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl</groupId>
@@ -943,6 +939,7 @@
                 <version>${junit.version}</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- used by Spring MVC Test framework -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
@@ -958,5 +955,4 @@
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 3213b0262..d9d4f8cff 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
     <logger name="org.springframework.samples.petclinic" level="debug"/>
 
-    <root level="warn">
+    <root level="info">
         <appender-ref ref="console"/>
     </root>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/fragments/headTag.jsp b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/fragments/headTag.jsp
index c1be474c2..b1ae0afd9 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/fragments/headTag.jsp
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/fragments/headTag.jsp
@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ PetClinic :: a Spring Framework demonstration
     <title>PetClinic :: a Spring Framework demonstration</title>
 
 
-    <spring:url value="/webjars/bootstrap/2.2.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" var="bootstrapCss"/>
+    <spring:url value="/webjars/bootstrap/2.3.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" var="bootstrapCss"/>
     <link href="${bootstrapCss}" rel="stylesheet"/>
 
     <spring:url value="/resources/css/petclinic.css" var="petclinicCss"/>
     <link href="${petclinicCss}" rel="stylesheet"/>
 
-    <spring:url value="/webjars/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.js" var="jQuery"/>
+    <spring:url value="/webjars/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.js" var="jQuery"/>
     <script src="${jQuery}"></script>
 
-    <spring:url value="/webjars/jquery-ui/1.9.1/js/jquery-ui-1.9.1.custom.js" var="jQueryUi"/>
+    <spring:url value="/webjars/jquery-ui/1.9.2/js/jquery-ui-1.9.1.custom.js" var="jQueryUi"/>
     <script src="${jQueryUi}"></script>
 
-    <spring:url value="/webjars/jquery-ui/1.9.1/css/smoothness/jquery-ui-1.9.1.custom.css" var="jQueryUiCss"/>
+    <spring:url value="/webjars/jquery-ui/1.9.2/css/smoothness/jquery-ui-1.9.1.custom.css" var="jQueryUiCss"/>
     <link href="${jQueryUiCss}" rel="stylesheet"></link>
 </head>