diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index 7d33a49..8f4b759 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/target/generated-sources/gwt"/>
+        <dependent-module archiveName="session-checker-0.5.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/session-checker/session-checker">
+            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
+        </dependent-module>
+        <dependent-module archiveName="pickitem-widget-1.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/pickitem-widget/pickitem-widget">
+            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
+        </dependent-module>
+        <dependent-module archiveName="gcube-widgets-1.9.1-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/gcube-widgets/gcube-widgets">
+            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
+        </dependent-module>
     <property name="java-output-path" value="/${module}/target/www/WEB-INF/classes"/>
         <property name="context-root" value="news-feed"/>
   </wb-module>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fea15eb..7b50d81 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
 	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>xerces</groupId>
+			<artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+			<version>2.9.1</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
 			<artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>
@@ -91,11 +97,6 @@
 			<artifactId>social-data-search-client</artifactId>
 			<version>[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT,2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>xerces</groupId>
-			<artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-			<version>2.9.1</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.widgets</groupId>
 			<artifactId>session-checker</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/NewsServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/NewsServiceImpl.java
index 618dfba..723f455 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/NewsServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/NewsServiceImpl.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public class NewsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements NewsService
 	 */
 	public String getDevelopmentUser() {
 		String user = NewsConstants.TEST_USER;
-		//		user = "costantino.perciante";
+				user = "costantino.perciante";
 		return user;
 	}
 	/**
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ public class NewsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements NewsService
 	}	
 
 	/**
-	 * this method sorts the Feeds in Chronological Reversed order and adds additional user informations 
+	 * this method sorts the Feeds in Chronological Reversed order and adds additional informations such as comments and attachments
 	 * @param toEnhance
 	 * @param } catch (Exception e) { the max number of comments you want to get back, -1 to get all
 	 *