diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7ba3cc795..c651c9c95 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ gem 'rails', '3.2.12'
 
 gem 'foreman', '0.61'
 
-gem 'unicorn', '4.5.0', :require => false
+gem 'unicorn', '4.6.0', :require => false
 
 gem 'rails_autolink', '1.0.9'
 
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ gem 'rack-protection', '1.2'
 
 gem 'devise', '2.1.3'
 
-gem 'remotipart', '1.0.2'
+gem 'remotipart', '1.0.5'
 
-gem 'omniauth', '1.1.1'
+gem 'omniauth', '1.1.3'
 gem 'omniauth-facebook', '1.4.1'
 gem 'omniauth-tumblr', '1.1'
 gem 'omniauth-twitter', '0.0.14'
 
-gem 'twitter', '4.4.4'
+gem 'twitter', '4.5.0'
 
 # mail
 
@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ gem 'markerb', '1.0.1'
 gem 'messagebus_ruby_api', '1.0.3'
 
 group :production do # we don't install these on travis to speed up test runs
-  gem 'rails_admin', '0.4.1'
-  gem 'fastercsv', '1.5.5', :require => false
-  gem 'rack-ssl', '1.3.2', :require => 'rack/ssl'
+  gem 'rails_admin', '0.4.5'
+  gem 'rack-ssl', '1.3.3', :require => 'rack/ssl'
   gem 'rack-rewrite', '1.3.3', :require => false
 
   # analytics
@@ -52,17 +51,17 @@ end
 
 # database
 
-gem "activerecord-import", "0.2.11"
-gem 'foreigner', '1.2.1'
+gem "activerecord-import", "0.3.1"
+gem 'foreigner', '1.3.0'
 gem 'mysql2', '0.3.11' if ENV['DB'].nil? || ENV['DB'] == 'all' || ENV['DB'] == 'mysql'
 gem 'pg', '0.14.1' if ENV['DB'] == 'all' || ENV['DB'] == 'postgres'
 gem 'sqlite3' if ENV['DB'] == 'all' || ENV['DB'] == 'sqlite'
 
 # file uploading
 
-gem 'carrierwave', '0.7.1'
-gem 'fog', '1.8.0'
-gem 'mini_magick', '3.4'
+gem 'carrierwave', '0.8.0'
+gem 'fog', '1.9.0'
+gem 'mini_magick', '3.5'
 
 # JSON and API
 
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ gem 'typhoeus', '0.3.3'
 
 # views
 
-gem 'haml', '3.1.7'
+gem 'haml', '4.0.0'
 gem 'mobile-fu', '1.1.1'
 
 gem 'will_paginate', '3.0.4'
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ group :assets do
 
   # gem 'therubyracer', :platform => :ruby
 
-  gem 'handlebars_assets', '0.8.2'
+  gem 'handlebars_assets', '0.11.0'
   gem 'uglifier', '1.3.0'
 
   gem "asset_sync", '0.5.4', :require => false
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ gem 'jquery-rails', '2.1.4'
 
 # web
 
-gem 'faraday', '0.8.4'
+gem 'faraday', '0.8.5'
 gem 'faraday_middleware', '0.9.0'
 
 
@@ -143,18 +142,18 @@ group :test do
   gem 'cucumber-rails', '1.3.0', :require => false
   gem 'database_cleaner', '0.9.1'
 
-  gem 'timecop', '0.5.9'
-  gem 'factory_girl_rails', '4.1.0'
+  gem 'timecop', '0.5.9.2'
+  gem 'factory_girl_rails', '4.2.1'
   gem 'fixture_builder', '0.3.5'
   gem 'fuubar', '1.1.0'
   gem 'rspec-instafail', '0.2.4', :require => false
-  gem 'selenium-webdriver', '2.27.2'
+  gem 'selenium-webdriver', '2.29.0'
 
   gem 'webmock', '1.8.11', :require => false
 
   gem 'spork', '1.0.0rc3'
-  gem 'guard-rspec', '2.3.3'
-  gem 'guard-spork', '1.4.1'
+  gem 'guard-rspec', '2.4.0'
+  gem 'guard-spork', '1.4.2'
   gem 'guard-cucumber', '1.3.2'
   gem 'rb-inotify', '0.9.0', :require => false
   gem 'rb-fsevent', '0.9.3', :require => false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ac0b67fcc..fe94fab4a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ GEM
       activesupport (= 3.2.12)
       arel (~> 3.0.2)
       tzinfo (~> 0.3.29)
-    activerecord-import (0.2.11)
-      activerecord (~> 3.0)
+    activerecord-import (0.3.1)
       activerecord (~> 3.0)
     activeresource (3.2.12)
       activemodel (= 3.2.12)
@@ -69,11 +68,11 @@ GEM
       rack-test (>= 0.5.4)
       selenium-webdriver (~> 2.0)
       xpath (~> 0.1.4)
-    carrierwave (0.7.1)
+    carrierwave (0.8.0)
       activemodel (>= 3.2.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.2.0)
-    childprocess (0.3.6)
-      ffi (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.6)
+    childprocess (0.3.8)
+      ffi (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.11)
     client_side_validations (3.2.1)
     coderay (1.0.8)
     coffee-rails (3.2.2)
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ GEM
       execjs
     coffee-script-source (1.4.0)
     configurate (0.0.2)
-    crack (0.3.1)
+    crack (0.3.2)
     cucumber (1.2.1)
       builder (>= 2.1.2)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.1.3)
@@ -105,21 +104,20 @@ GEM
     excon (0.16.10)
     execjs (1.4.0)
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
-    factory_girl (4.1.0)
+    factory_girl (4.2.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
-    factory_girl_rails (4.1.0)
-      factory_girl (~> 4.1.0)
+    factory_girl_rails (4.2.1)
+      factory_girl (~> 4.2.0)
       railties (>= 3.0.0)
-    faraday (0.8.4)
+    faraday (0.8.5)
       multipart-post (~> 1.1)
     faraday_middleware (0.9.0)
       faraday (>= 0.7.4, < 0.9)
-    fastercsv (1.5.5)
-    ffi (1.3.1)
+    ffi (1.4.0)
     fixture_builder (0.3.5)
       activerecord (>= 2)
       activesupport (>= 2)
-    fog (1.8.0)
+    fog (1.9.0)
       builder
       excon (~> 0.14)
       formatador (~> 0.2.0)
@@ -129,10 +127,10 @@ GEM
       net-ssh (>= 2.1.3)
       nokogiri (~> 1.5.0)
       ruby-hmac
-    font-awesome-sass-rails (3.0.0.1)
+    font-awesome-sass-rails (3.0.2.1)
       railties (>= 3.1.1)
       sass-rails (>= 3.1.1)
-    foreigner (1.2.1)
+    foreigner (1.3.0)
       activerecord (>= 3.0.0)
     foreman (0.61.0)
       thor (>= 0.13.6)
@@ -141,28 +139,30 @@ GEM
       rspec (~> 2.0)
       rspec-instafail (~> 0.2.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.0.0)
-    gherkin (2.11.5)
-      json (>= 1.4.6)
+    gherkin (2.11.6)
+      json (>= 1.7.6)
     gon (4.0.2)
       actionpack (>= 2.3.0)
       json
-    guard (1.6.1)
+    guard (1.6.2)
       listen (>= 0.6.0)
       lumberjack (>= 1.0.2)
       pry (>= 0.9.10)
+      terminal-table (>= 1.4.3)
       thor (>= 0.14.6)
     guard-cucumber (1.3.2)
       cucumber (>= 1.2.0)
       guard (>= 1.1.0)
-    guard-rspec (2.3.3)
+    guard-rspec (2.4.0)
       guard (>= 1.1)
       rspec (~> 2.11)
-    guard-spork (1.4.1)
+    guard-spork (1.4.2)
       childprocess (>= 0.2.3)
       guard (>= 1.1)
       spork (>= 0.8.4)
-    haml (3.1.7)
-    handlebars_assets (0.8.2)
+    haml (4.0.0)
+      tilt
+    handlebars_assets (0.11.0)
       execjs (>= 1.2.9)
       sprockets (>= 2.0.3)
       tilt
@@ -197,10 +197,7 @@ GEM
     kaminari (0.14.1)
       actionpack (>= 3.0.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
-    kgio (2.7.4)
-    libwebsocket (0.1.7.1)
-      addressable
-      websocket
+    kgio (2.8.0)
     listen (0.7.2)
     lumberjack (1.0.2)
     mail (2.4.4)
@@ -212,12 +209,12 @@ GEM
     messagebus_ruby_api (1.0.3)
     method_source (0.8.1)
     mime-types (1.21)
-    mini_magick (3.4)
+    mini_magick (3.5.0)
       subexec (~> 0.2.1)
     mobile-fu (1.1.1)
       rack-mobile-detect
       rails
-    multi_json (1.5.1)
+    multi_json (1.6.1)
     multipart-post (1.1.5)
     mysql2 (0.3.11)
     nested_form (0.3.1)
@@ -236,7 +233,7 @@ GEM
       jwt (~> 0.1.4)
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
       rack (~> 1.2)
-    omniauth (1.1.1)
+    omniauth (1.1.3)
       hashie (~> 1.2)
       rack
     omniauth-facebook (1.4.1)
@@ -254,7 +251,7 @@ GEM
       omniauth-oauth (~> 1.0)
     orm_adapter (0.4.0)
     polyglot (0.3.3)
-    pry (0.9.11.1)
+    pry (0.9.12)
       coderay (~> 1.0.5)
       method_source (~> 0.8)
       slop (~> 3.4)
@@ -273,7 +270,7 @@ GEM
     rack-protection (1.2.0)
       rack
     rack-rewrite (1.3.3)
-    rack-ssl (1.3.2)
+    rack-ssl (1.3.3)
       rack
     rack-test (0.6.2)
       rack (>= 1.0)
@@ -287,19 +284,20 @@ GEM
       railties (= 3.2.12)
     rails-i18n (0.7.2)
       i18n (~> 0.5)
-    rails_admin (0.4.1)
-      bootstrap-sass (~> 2.1)
+    rails_admin (0.4.5)
+      bootstrap-sass (~> 2.2)
       builder (~> 3.0)
       coffee-rails (~> 3.1)
       font-awesome-sass-rails (~> 3.0, >= 3.0.0.1)
-      haml (~> 3.1)
+      haml (~> 4.0)
       jquery-rails (~> 2.1)
       jquery-ui-rails (~> 3.0)
       kaminari (~> 0.14)
-      nested_form (~> 0.2)
+      nested_form (~> 0.3)
       rack-pjax (~> 0.6)
       rails (~> 3.1)
       remotipart (~> 1.0)
+      safe_yaml (~> 0.6)
       sass-rails (~> 3.1)
     rails_autolink (1.0.9)
       rails (~> 3.1)
@@ -321,7 +319,7 @@ GEM
     redis (3.0.2)
     redis-namespace (1.2.1)
       redis (~> 3.0.0)
-    remotipart (1.0.2)
+    remotipart (1.0.5)
     resque (1.23.0)
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
       redis-namespace (~> 1.0)
@@ -338,7 +336,7 @@ GEM
     rspec-expectations (2.12.1)
       diff-lcs (~> 1.1.3)
     rspec-instafail (0.2.4)
-    rspec-mocks (2.12.1)
+    rspec-mocks (2.12.2)
     rspec-rails (2.12.2)
       actionpack (>= 3.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0)
@@ -350,16 +348,17 @@ GEM
     ruby-oembed (0.8.8)
     ruby-progressbar (1.0.2)
     rubyzip (0.9.9)
+    safe_yaml (0.8.0)
     sass (3.2.5)
     sass-rails (3.2.6)
       railties (~> 3.2.0)
       sass (>= 3.1.10)
       tilt (~> 1.3)
-    selenium-webdriver (2.27.2)
+    selenium-webdriver (2.29.0)
       childprocess (>= 0.2.5)
-      libwebsocket (~> 0.1.3)
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
       rubyzip
+      websocket (~> 1.0.4)
     simple_oauth (0.2.0)
     sinatra (1.3.3)
       rack (~> 1.3, >= 1.3.6)
@@ -373,13 +372,14 @@ GEM
       rack (~> 1.0)
       tilt (~> 1.1, != 1.3.0)
     subexec (0.2.2)
+    terminal-table (1.4.5)
     thor (0.17.0)
     tilt (1.3.3)
-    timecop (0.5.9)
+    timecop (0.5.9.2)
     treetop (1.4.12)
       polyglot
       polyglot (>= 0.3.1)
-    twitter (4.4.4)
+    twitter (4.5.0)
       faraday (~> 0.8, < 0.10)
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
       simple_oauth (~> 0.2)
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ GEM
     uglifier (1.3.0)
       execjs (>= 0.3.0)
       multi_json (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
-    unicorn (4.5.0)
+    unicorn (4.6.0)
       kgio (~> 2.6)
       rack
       raindrops (~> 0.7)
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ GEM
     webmock (1.8.11)
       addressable (>= 2.2.7)
       crack (>= 0.1.7)
-    websocket (1.0.6)
+    websocket (1.0.7)
     will_paginate (3.0.4)
     xpath (0.1.4)
       nokogiri (~> 1.3)
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  activerecord-import (= 0.2.11)
+  activerecord-import (= 0.3.1)
   acts-as-taggable-on (= 2.3.3)
   acts_as_api (= 0.4.1)
   addressable (= 2.3.2)
@@ -418,27 +418,26 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   capistrano (= 2.12.0)
   capistrano_colors (= 0.5.5)
   capybara (= 1.1.3)
-  carrierwave (= 0.7.1)
+  carrierwave (= 0.8.0)
   client_side_validations (= 3.2.1)
   configurate (= 0.0.2)
   cucumber-rails (= 1.3.0)
   database_cleaner (= 0.9.1)
   devise (= 2.1.3)
-  factory_girl_rails (= 4.1.0)
-  faraday (= 0.8.4)
+  factory_girl_rails (= 4.2.1)
+  faraday (= 0.8.5)
   faraday_middleware (= 0.9.0)
-  fastercsv (= 1.5.5)
   fixture_builder (= 0.3.5)
-  fog (= 1.8.0)
-  foreigner (= 1.2.1)
+  fog (= 1.9.0)
+  foreigner (= 1.3.0)
   foreman (= 0.61)
   fuubar (= 1.1.0)
   gon (= 4.0.2)
   guard-cucumber (= 1.3.2)
-  guard-rspec (= 2.3.3)
-  guard-spork (= 1.4.1)
-  haml (= 3.1.7)
-  handlebars_assets (= 0.8.2)
+  guard-rspec (= 2.4.0)
+  guard-spork (= 1.4.2)
+  haml (= 4.0.0)
+  handlebars_assets (= 0.11.0)
   http_accept_language (= 1.0.2)
   i18n-inflector-rails (~> 1.0)
   jasmine (= 1.3.1)
@@ -446,11 +445,11 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   json (= 1.7.7)
   markerb (= 1.0.1)
   messagebus_ruby_api (= 1.0.3)
-  mini_magick (= 3.4)
+  mini_magick (= 3.5)
   mobile-fu (= 1.1.1)
   mysql2 (= 0.3.11)
   nokogiri (= 1.5.6)
-  omniauth (= 1.1.1)
+  omniauth (= 1.1.3)
   omniauth-facebook (= 1.4.1)
   omniauth-tumblr (= 1.1)
   omniauth-twitter (= 0.0.14)
@@ -459,15 +458,15 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rack-piwik (= 0.1.3)
   rack-protection (= 1.2)
   rack-rewrite (= 1.3.3)
-  rack-ssl (= 1.3.2)
+  rack-ssl (= 1.3.3)
   rails (= 3.2.12)
   rails-i18n (= 0.7.2)
-  rails_admin (= 0.4.1)
+  rails_admin (= 0.4.5)
   rails_autolink (= 1.0.9)
   rb-fsevent (= 0.9.3)
   rb-inotify (= 0.9.0)
   redcarpet (= 2.2.2)
-  remotipart (= 1.0.2)
+  remotipart (= 1.0.5)
   resque (= 1.23.0)
   resque-timeout (= 1.0.0)
   rmagick (= 2.13.2)
@@ -476,12 +475,12 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rspec-rails (= 2.12.2)
   ruby-oembed (= 0.8.8)
   sass-rails (= 3.2.6)
-  selenium-webdriver (= 2.27.2)
+  selenium-webdriver (= 2.29.0)
   spork (= 1.0.0rc3)
-  timecop (= 0.5.9)
-  twitter (= 4.4.4)
+  timecop (= 0.5.9.2)
+  twitter (= 4.5.0)
   typhoeus (= 0.3.3)
   uglifier (= 1.3.0)
-  unicorn (= 4.5.0)
+  unicorn (= 4.6.0)
   webmock (= 1.8.11)
   will_paginate (= 3.0.4)
diff --git a/lib/csv_generator.rb b/lib/csv_generator.rb
index e1fa8cb17..0f99f1fd2 100644
--- a/lib/csv_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/csv_generator.rb
@@ -197,14 +197,9 @@ SQL
 
   # ---------------- HELPER METHODS -------------------------
   def self.load_waiting_list_csv(filename)
+    require 'csv'
     csv = filename
-    if RUBY_VERSION.include? "1.8"
-      require 'fastercsv'
-       people = FasterCSV.read(csv)
-     else
-       require 'csv'
-       people = CSV.read(csv)
-     end
+    people = CSV.read(csv)
     people
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/rake_helpers.rb b/lib/rake_helpers.rb
index 47cd7aed6..20284cb40 100644
--- a/lib/rake_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/rake_helpers.rb
@@ -4,14 +4,8 @@
 module RakeHelpers
 
   def process_emails(csv, num_to_process, offset, test=true)
-    if RUBY_VERSION.include? "1.8"
-
-       require 'fastercsv'
-       backers = FasterCSV.read(csv)
-     else
-       require 'csv'
-       backers = CSV.read(csv)
-     end
+    require 'csv'
+    backers = CSV.read(csv)
     puts "DRY RUN" if test
     churn_through = 0
     num_to_process.times do |n|