diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index f1d7120..eff8b91 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -3,228 +3,24 @@
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>piccolo2d-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
+    <version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
   <artifactId>piccolo2d-core</artifactId>
-  <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
-  <version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
   <name>Piccolo2D Core</name>
   <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/</url>
   <description>
     A revolutionary way to create robust, full-featured graphical applications in Java and C#, with striking visual effects such as zooming, animation and multiple representations.
-  </description>  
-  <properties>
-    <!--
-      http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/POM+Element+for+Source+File+Encoding
-    -->
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <httpbase>http://www.piccolo2d.org/java</httpbase>
-    <httpsitebase>${httpbase}/site</httpsitebase>
-    <!--
-      ftpbase>ftp://jcurl.org</ftpbase>
-      <ftpsitebase>${ftpbase}/site</ftpsitebase
-    -->
-    <scpbase>
-      <!--
-        @TODO Will, is there ssh access to the website? Required for
-        artifact upload.
-      -->
-    </scpbase>
-    <scpsitebase>
-      <!--
-        @TODO Will, is there ssh access to the website? Required for maven
-        site upload.
-      -->
-    </scpsitebase>
-  </properties>    
-  <issueManagement>
-    <system>Google Code</system>
-    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/issues/list</url>
-  </issueManagement>
-  <inceptionYear>1995</inceptionYear>
-  <ciManagement>
-    <system>hudson</system>
-    <url>http://allain.homelinux.org:2121/</url>
-  </ciManagement>
-  <mailingLists>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Piccolo2D Announce</name>
-      <subscribe>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-announce/subscribe
-      </subscribe>
-      <post>piccolo2d-announce@googlegroups.com</post>
-      <archive>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-announce
-      </archive>
-    </mailingList>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Piccolo2D Users</name>
-      <subscribe>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-users/subscribe
-      </subscribe>
-      <post>piccolo2d-users@googlegroups.com</post>
-      <archive>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-users
-      </archive>
-    </mailingList>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Piccolo2D Dev</name>
-      <subscribe>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-dev/subscribe
-      </subscribe>
-      <post>piccolo2d-dev@googlegroups.com</post>
-      <archive>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-dev
-      </archive>
-    </mailingList>
-  </mailingLists>
-  <licenses>
-    <license>
-      <name>BSD PUBLIC LICENSE</name>
-      <url>http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php</url>
-      <distribution>manual</distribution>
-    </license>
-  </licenses>
+  </description>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/core
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/core
-    </developerConnection>
+    <connection>scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/core</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/core</developerConnection>
     <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse/piccolo2d.java/trunk/core</url>
   </scm>
-  <organization>
-    <name>Piccolo2D</name>
-    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/</url>
-  </organization>
-  <developers>
-    <developer>
-      <id>allain.lalonde</id>
-      <name>Allain Lalonde</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <email>allain@machete.ca</email>
-      <url>http://www.machete.ca</url>
-      <timezone>-5</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>bederson</id>
-      <name>bederson</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-9</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>heuermh</id>
-      <name>Michael L Heuer</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-6</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>jesse</id>
-      <name>jesse</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-9</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>mr0738@mro.name</id>
-      <name>mr0738@mro.name</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>reids@colorado.edu</id>
-      <name>reids@colorado.edu</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>sjc@browsecode.org</id>
-      <name>sjc@browsecode.org</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-    </developer>
-  </developers>
-  <contributors>
-    <contributor>
-      <name>Alexander Kurtakov</name>
-      <email>akurtakov@gmail.com</email>
-      <url>http://akurtakov.blogspot.com</url>
-      <organization>Red Hat Inc.</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://redhat.com</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+2</timezone>
-    </contributor>
-  </contributors>
-  <build>
-    <!--
-      extensions> <extension> <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-      <artifactId>wagon-ftp</artifactId> </extension> </extensions
-    -->
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <verbose>true</verbose>
-          <fork>true</fork>
-          <encoding>ascii</encoding>
-          <optimize>false</optimize>
-          <debug>false</debug>
-          <compilerVersion>1.4</compilerVersion>
-          <showDeprecation>false</showDeprecation>
-          <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-          <source>1.4</source>
-          <target>1.4</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <connectionType>developerConnection</connectionType>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <extensions>true</extensions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.2</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>  
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <!--
-      use a ~/.m2/settings.xml like this: <settings> <profiles> <profile>
-      <id>piccolo2d</id> <activation>
-      <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault> </activation> <properties>
-      <piccolo2d.file.site.base>file:///var/www/piccolo2d/</piccolo2d.file.site.base>
-      </properties> </profile> </profiles> </settings>
-    -->
-    <site>
-      <id>maven.site</id>
-      <url>${piccolo2d.file.site.base}</url>
-    </site>
-  </distributionManagement>
   <reporting>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index a715137..af6699e 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -22,33 +22,13 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/examples
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/examples
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse/piccolo2d.java/trunk/examples</url>
-  </scm> 
-  <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-          <configuration>
-            <archive>
-              <manifest>
-                <mainClass>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.ExampleRunner</mainClass>
-              </manifest>
-            </archive>
-            <descriptorRefs>
-              <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-            </descriptorRefs>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-    </pluginManagement>
-  </build>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>
+      scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/examples
+    </connection>
+    <developerConnection>
+      scm:svn:https://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/examples
+    </developerConnection>
+    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse/piccolo2d.java/trunk/examples</url>
+  </scm> 
 </project>
diff --git a/extras/pom.xml b/extras/pom.xml
index 05ecf77..b87c497 100644
--- a/extras/pom.xml
+++ b/extras/pom.xml
@@ -2,225 +2,27 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> 
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>piccolo2d-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
+    <version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
   <artifactId>piccolo2d-extras</artifactId>
-  <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId> 
-  <version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>  
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
   <name>Piccolo2D Extras</name>
   <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/</url>
   <description>
     A revolutionary way to create robust, full-featured graphical applications in Java and C#, with striking visual effects such as zooming, animation and multiple representations.
   </description>
-  <properties>
-    <!--
-      http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/POM+Element+for+Source+File+Encoding
-    -->
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <httpbase>http://www.piccolo2d.org/java</httpbase>
-    <httpsitebase>${httpbase}/site</httpsitebase>
-    <!--
-      ftpbase>ftp://jcurl.org</ftpbase>
-      <ftpsitebase>${ftpbase}/site</ftpsitebase
-    -->
-    <scpbase>
-      <!--
-        @TODO Will, is there ssh access to the website? Required for
-        artifact upload.
-      -->
-    </scpbase>
-    <scpsitebase>
-      <!--
-        @TODO Will, is there ssh access to the website? Required for maven
-        site upload.
-      -->
-    </scpsitebase>
-  </properties>
-  <issueManagement>
-    <system>Google Code</system>
-    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/issues/list</url>
-  </issueManagement>
-  <inceptionYear>1995</inceptionYear>
-  <ciManagement>
-    <system>hudson</system>
-    <url>http://allain.homelinux.org:2121/</url>
-  </ciManagement>
-  <mailingLists>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Piccolo2D Announce</name>
-      <subscribe>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-announce/subscribe
-      </subscribe>
-      <post>piccolo2d-announce@googlegroups.com</post>
-      <archive>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-announce
-      </archive>
-    </mailingList>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Piccolo2D Users</name>
-      <subscribe>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-users/subscribe
-      </subscribe>
-      <post>piccolo2d-users@googlegroups.com</post>
-      <archive>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-users
-      </archive>
-    </mailingList>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Piccolo2D Dev</name>
-      <subscribe>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-dev/subscribe
-      </subscribe>
-      <post>piccolo2d-dev@googlegroups.com</post>
-      <archive>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-dev
-      </archive>
-    </mailingList>
-  </mailingLists>
-  <licenses>
-    <license>
-      <name>BSD PUBLIC LICENSE</name>
-      <url>http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php</url>
-      <distribution>manual</distribution>
-    </license>
-  </licenses>
-  <organization>
-    <name>Piccolo2D</name>
-    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/</url>
-  </organization>
-  <developers>
-    <developer>
-      <id>allain.lalonde</id>
-      <name>Allain Lalonde</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <email>allain@machete.ca</email>
-      <url>http://www.machete.ca</url>
-      <timezone>-5</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>bederson</id>
-      <name>bederson</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-9</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>heuermh</id>
-      <name>Michael L Heuer</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-6</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>jesse</id>
-      <name>jesse</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-9</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>mr0738@mro.name</id>
-      <name>mr0738@mro.name</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>reids@colorado.edu</id>
-      <name>reids@colorado.edu</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>sjc@browsecode.org</id>
-      <name>sjc@browsecode.org</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-    </developer>
-  </developers>
-  <contributors>
-    <contributor>
-      <name>Alexander Kurtakov</name>
-      <email>akurtakov@gmail.com</email>
-      <url>http://akurtakov.blogspot.com</url>
-      <organization>Red Hat Inc.</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://redhat.com</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+2</timezone>
-    </contributor>
-  </contributors>
-  <build>
-    <!--
-      extensions> <extension> <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-      <artifactId>wagon-ftp</artifactId> </extension> </extensions
-    -->
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <verbose>true</verbose>
-          <fork>true</fork>
-          <encoding>ascii</encoding>
-          <optimize>false</optimize>
-          <debug>false</debug>
-          <compilerVersion>1.4</compilerVersion>
-          <showDeprecation>false</showDeprecation>
-          <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-          <source>1.4</source>
-          <target>1.4</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <connectionType>developerConnection</connectionType>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <extensions>true</extensions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.2</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
       <artifactId>piccolo2d-core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-  </dependencies>  
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <!--
-      use a ~/.m2/settings.xml like this: <settings> <profiles> <profile>
-      <id>piccolo2d</id> <activation>
-      <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault> </activation> <properties>
-      <piccolo2d.file.site.base>file:///var/www/piccolo2d/</piccolo2d.file.site.base>
-      </properties> </profile> </profiles> </settings>
-    -->
-    <site>
-      <id>maven.site</id>
-      <url>${piccolo2d.file.site.base}</url>
-    </site>
-  </distributionManagement> 
+  </dependencies>
   <scm>
     <connection>
       scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/extras
diff --git a/parent/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/parent/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94535b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parent/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#Wed Oct 28 10:17:01 EDT 2009
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.4
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.4
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.4
diff --git a/parent/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs b/parent/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..293ab5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parent/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#Wed Oct 28 10:16:59 EDT 2009
+activeProfiles=
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+fullBuildGoals=process-test-resources
+includeModules=false
+resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
+resourceFilterGoals=process-resources resources\:testResources
+skipCompilerPlugin=true
+version=1
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e114b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
+  <artifactId>piccolo2d-parent</artifactId>
+  <version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <name>Piccolo2D Parent Pom</name>
+  <description>
+    A revolutionary way to create robust, full-featured graphical applications in Java and C#, with striking visual effects such as zooming, animation and multiple representations.
+  </description>
+  <properties>
+    <!--
+      http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/POM+Element+for+Source+File+Encoding
+    -->
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <httpbase>http://www.piccolo2d.org/java</httpbase>
+    <httpsitebase>${httpbase}/site</httpsitebase>
+    <!--
+      ftpbase>ftp://jcurl.org</ftpbase>
+      <ftpsitebase>${ftpbase}/site</ftpsitebase
+    -->
+    <scpbase>
+      <!--
+        @TODO Will, is there ssh access to the website? Required for
+        artifact upload.
+      -->
+    </scpbase>
+    <scpsitebase>
+      <!--
+        @TODO Will, is there ssh access to the website? Required for maven
+        site upload.
+      -->
+    </scpsitebase>
+  </properties>
+  <url>${httpsitebase}/${pom.artifactId}/${pom.version}</url>
+  <issueManagement>
+    <system>Google Code</system>
+    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/issues/list</url>
+  </issueManagement>
+  <inceptionYear>1995</inceptionYear>
+  <ciManagement>
+    <system>hudson</system>
+    <url>http://allain.homelinux.org:2121/</url>
+  </ciManagement>
+  <mailingLists>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Piccolo2D Announce</name>
+      <subscribe>
+        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-announce/subscribe
+      </subscribe>
+      <post>piccolo2d-announce@googlegroups.com</post>
+      <archive>
+        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-announce
+      </archive>
+    </mailingList>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Piccolo2D Users</name>
+      <subscribe>
+        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-users/subscribe
+      </subscribe>
+      <post>piccolo2d-users@googlegroups.com</post>
+      <archive>
+        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-users
+      </archive>
+    </mailingList>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Piccolo2D Dev</name>
+      <subscribe>
+        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-dev/subscribe
+      </subscribe>
+      <post>piccolo2d-dev@googlegroups.com</post>
+      <archive>
+        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-dev
+      </archive>
+    </mailingList>
+  </mailingLists>
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>BSD PUBLIC LICENSE</name>
+      <url>http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php</url>
+      <distribution>manual</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>
+      scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk
+    </connection>
+    <developerConnection>
+      scm:svn:https://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk
+    </developerConnection>
+    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse/piccolo2d.java/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+  <organization>
+    <name>Piccolo2D</name>
+    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/</url>
+  </organization>
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <id>allain.lalonde</id>
+      <name>Allain Lalonde</name>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <email>allain@machete.ca</email>
+      <url>http://www.machete.ca</url>
+      <timezone>-5</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>bederson</id>
+      <name>bederson</name>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>-9</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>heuermh</id>
+      <name>Michael L Heuer</name>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>-6</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>jesse</id>
+      <name>jesse</name>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>-9</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>mr0738@mro.name</id>
+      <name>mr0738@mro.name</name>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>+1</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>reids@colorado.edu</id>
+      <name>reids@colorado.edu</name>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>-8</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>sjc@browsecode.org</id>
+      <name>sjc@browsecode.org</name>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>-8</timezone>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+  <contributors>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Alexander Kurtakov</name>
+      <email>akurtakov@gmail.com</email>
+      <url>http://akurtakov.blogspot.com</url>
+      <organization>Red Hat Inc.</organization>
+      <organizationUrl>http://redhat.com</organizationUrl>
+      <roles>
+        <role>developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>+2</timezone>
+    </contributor>
+  </contributors>
+  <build>
+    <!--
+      extensions> <extension> <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-ftp</artifactId> </extension> </extensions
+    -->
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <verbose>true</verbose>
+          <fork>true</fork>
+          <encoding>ascii</encoding>
+          <optimize>false</optimize>
+          <debug>false</debug>
+          <compilerVersion>1.4</compilerVersion>
+          <showDeprecation>false</showDeprecation>
+          <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
+          <source>1.4</source>
+          <target>1.4</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <connectionType>developerConnection</connectionType>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>  
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <!--
+      use a ~/.m2/settings.xml like this: <settings> <profiles> <profile>
+      <id>piccolo2d</id> <activation>
+      <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault> </activation> <properties>
+      <piccolo2d.file.site.base>file:///var/www/piccolo2d/</piccolo2d.file.site.base>
+      </properties> </profile> </profiles> </settings>
+    -->
+    <site>
+      <id>maven.site</id>
+      <url>${piccolo2d.file.site.base}</url>
+    </site>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f81d90c..99ae060 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,221 +2,18 @@
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>piccolo2d-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
+    <version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>./parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
   <artifactId>piccolo2d-complete</artifactId>
-  <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
-  <version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>  
-
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Piccolo2D</name>
   <description>
     A revolutionary way to create robust, full-featured graphical applications in Java and C#, with striking visual effects such as zooming, animation and multiple representations.
   </description>
-  <properties>
-    <!--
-      http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/POM+Element+for+Source+File+Encoding
-    -->
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <httpbase>http://www.piccolo2d.org/java</httpbase>
-    <httpsitebase>${httpbase}/site</httpsitebase>
-    <!--
-      ftpbase>ftp://jcurl.org</ftpbase>
-      <ftpsitebase>${ftpbase}/site</ftpsitebase
-    -->
-    <scpbase>
-      <!--
-        @TODO Will, is there ssh access to the website? Required for
-        artifact upload.
-      -->
-    </scpbase>
-    <scpsitebase>
-      <!--
-        @TODO Will, is there ssh access to the website? Required for maven
-        site upload.
-      -->
-    </scpsitebase>
-  </properties>
-  <url>${httpsitebase}/${pom.artifactId}/${pom.version}</url>
-  <issueManagement>
-    <system>Google Code</system>
-    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/issues/list</url>
-  </issueManagement>
-  <inceptionYear>1995</inceptionYear>
-  <ciManagement>
-    <system>hudson</system>
-    <url>http://allain.homelinux.org:2121/</url>
-  </ciManagement>
-  <mailingLists>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Piccolo2D Announce</name>
-      <subscribe>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-announce/subscribe
-      </subscribe>
-      <post>piccolo2d-announce@googlegroups.com</post>
-      <archive>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-announce
-      </archive>
-    </mailingList>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Piccolo2D Users</name>
-      <subscribe>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-users/subscribe
-      </subscribe>
-      <post>piccolo2d-users@googlegroups.com</post>
-      <archive>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-users
-      </archive>
-    </mailingList>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Piccolo2D Dev</name>
-      <subscribe>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-dev/subscribe
-      </subscribe>
-      <post>piccolo2d-dev@googlegroups.com</post>
-      <archive>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-dev
-      </archive>
-    </mailingList>
-  </mailingLists>
-  <licenses>
-    <license>
-      <name>BSD PUBLIC LICENSE</name>
-      <url>http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php</url>
-      <distribution>manual</distribution>
-    </license>
-  </licenses> 
-  <organization>
-    <name>Piccolo2D</name>
-    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/</url>
-  </organization>
-  <developers>
-    <developer>
-      <id>allain.lalonde</id>
-      <name>Allain Lalonde</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <email>allain@machete.ca</email>
-      <url>http://www.machete.ca</url>
-      <timezone>-5</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>bederson</id>
-      <name>bederson</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-9</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>heuermh</id>
-      <name>Michael L Heuer</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-6</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>jesse</id>
-      <name>jesse</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-9</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>mr0738@mro.name</id>
-      <name>mr0738@mro.name</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>reids@colorado.edu</id>
-      <name>reids@colorado.edu</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>sjc@browsecode.org</id>
-      <name>sjc@browsecode.org</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-    </developer>
-  </developers>
-  <contributors>
-    <contributor>
-      <name>Alexander Kurtakov</name>
-      <email>akurtakov@gmail.com</email>
-      <url>http://akurtakov.blogspot.com</url>
-      <organization>Red Hat Inc.</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://redhat.com</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+2</timezone>
-    </contributor>
-  </contributors>
-  <build>
-    <!--
-      extensions> <extension> <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-      <artifactId>wagon-ftp</artifactId> </extension> </extensions
-    -->
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <verbose>true</verbose>
-          <fork>true</fork>
-          <encoding>ascii</encoding>
-          <optimize>false</optimize>
-          <debug>false</debug>
-          <compilerVersion>1.4</compilerVersion>
-          <showDeprecation>false</showDeprecation>
-          <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-          <source>1.4</source>
-          <target>1.4</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <connectionType>developerConnection</connectionType>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <extensions>true</extensions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.2</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>  
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <!--
-      use a ~/.m2/settings.xml like this: <settings> <profiles> <profile>
-      <id>piccolo2d</id> <activation>
-      <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault> </activation> <properties>
-      <piccolo2d.file.site.base>file:///var/www/piccolo2d/</piccolo2d.file.site.base>
-      </properties> </profile> </profiles> </settings>
-    -->
-    <site>
-      <id>maven.site</id>
-      <url>${piccolo2d.file.site.base}</url>
-    </site>
-  </distributionManagement>  
   <scm>
     <connection>
       scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk
@@ -226,8 +23,10 @@
     </developerConnection>
     <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse</url>
   </scm>
+  <build />
   <reporting />
   <modules>
+    <module>parent</module>
     <module>core</module>
     <module>extras</module>
     <module>swt</module>
diff --git a/swt-examples/pom.xml b/swt-examples/pom.xml
index 2f86a06..1bd1aa6 100644
--- a/swt-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/swt-examples/pom.xml
@@ -3,180 +3,26 @@
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
- 
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>piccolo2d-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
+    <version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
   <artifactId>piccolo2d-swt-examples</artifactId>
-  <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
-  <version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
- 
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
   <name>Piccolo2D SWT Examples</name>
-  <properties>
-    <!--
-      http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/POM+Element+for+Source+File+Encoding
-    -->
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <httpbase>http://www.piccolo2d.org/java</httpbase>
-    <httpsitebase>${httpbase}/site</httpsitebase>
-    <!--
-      ftpbase>ftp://jcurl.org</ftpbase>
-      <ftpsitebase>${ftpbase}/site</ftpsitebase
-    -->
-    <scpbase>
-      <!--
-        @TODO Will, is there ssh access to the website? Required for
-        artifact upload.
-      -->
-    </scpbase>
-    <scpsitebase>
-      <!--
-        @TODO Will, is there ssh access to the website? Required for maven
-        site upload.
-      -->
-    </scpsitebase>
-  </properties>
-  <url>${httpsitebase}/${pom.artifactId}/${pom.version}</url>
-  <issueManagement>
-    <system>Google Code</system>
-    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/issues/list</url>
-  </issueManagement>
-  <inceptionYear>1995</inceptionYear>
-  <ciManagement>
-    <system>hudson</system>
-    <url>http://allain.homelinux.org:2121/</url>
-  </ciManagement>
-  <mailingLists>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Piccolo2D Announce</name>
-      <subscribe>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-announce/subscribe
-      </subscribe>
-      <post>piccolo2d-announce@googlegroups.com</post>
-      <archive>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-announce
-      </archive>
-    </mailingList>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Piccolo2D Users</name>
-      <subscribe>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-users/subscribe
-      </subscribe>
-      <post>piccolo2d-users@googlegroups.com</post>
-      <archive>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-users
-      </archive>
-    </mailingList>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Piccolo2D Dev</name>
-      <subscribe>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-dev/subscribe
-      </subscribe>
-      <post>piccolo2d-dev@googlegroups.com</post>
-      <archive>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-dev
-      </archive>
-    </mailingList>
-  </mailingLists>
-  <licenses>
-    <license>
-      <name>BSD PUBLIC LICENSE</name>
-      <url>http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php</url>
-      <distribution>manual</distribution>
-    </license>
-  </licenses>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/swt-examples</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/swt-examples</developerConnection>
     <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse/piccolo2d.java/trunk/swt-examples</url>
   </scm>
-  <organization>
-    <name>Piccolo2D</name>
-    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/</url>
-  </organization>
-  <developers>
-    <developer>
-      <id>allain.lalonde</id>
-      <name>Allain Lalonde</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <email>allain@machete.ca</email>
-      <url>http://www.machete.ca</url>
-      <timezone>-5</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>bederson</id>
-      <name>bederson</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-9</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>heuermh</id>
-      <name>Michael L Heuer</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-6</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>jesse</id>
-      <name>jesse</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-9</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>mr0738@mro.name</id>
-      <name>mr0738@mro.name</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>reids@colorado.edu</id>
-      <name>reids@colorado.edu</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>sjc@browsecode.org</id>
-      <name>sjc@browsecode.org</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-    </developer>
-  </developers>
-  <contributors>
-    <contributor>
-      <name>Alexander Kurtakov</name>
-      <email>akurtakov@gmail.com</email>
-      <url>http://akurtakov.blogspot.com</url>
-      <organization>Red Hat Inc.</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://redhat.com</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+2</timezone>
-    </contributor>
-  </contributors>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
       <artifactId>piccolo2d-swt</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.2</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
@@ -197,46 +43,5 @@
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
-        <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <verbose>true</verbose>
-          <fork>true</fork>
-          <encoding>ascii</encoding>
-          <optimize>false</optimize>
-          <debug>false</debug>
-          <compilerVersion>1.4</compilerVersion>
-          <showDeprecation>false</showDeprecation>
-          <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-          <source>1.4</source>
-          <target>1.4</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <connectionType>developerConnection</connectionType>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <extensions>true</extensions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <!--
-      use a ~/.m2/settings.xml like this: <settings> <profiles> <profile>
-      <id>piccolo2d</id> <activation>
-      <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault> </activation> <properties>
-      <piccolo2d.file.site.base>file:///var/www/piccolo2d/</piccolo2d.file.site.base>
-      </properties> </profile> </profiles> </settings>
-    -->
-    <site>
-      <id>maven.site</id>
-      <url>${piccolo2d.file.site.base}</url>
-    </site>
-  </distributionManagement>
 </project>
diff --git a/swt/pom.xml b/swt/pom.xml
index 9ec4e46..ce631ef 100644
--- a/swt/pom.xml
+++ b/swt/pom.xml
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>piccolo2d-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
+    <version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
   <artifactId>piccolo2d-swt</artifactId>
-  <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
-  <version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version> 
-  
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
   <name>Piccolo2D SWT</name>
   <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/</url>
@@ -28,78 +30,6 @@
     </repository>
   </repositories>
 -->
-<properties>
-    <!--
-      http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/POM+Element+for+Source+File+Encoding
-    -->
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <httpbase>http://www.piccolo2d.org/java</httpbase>
-    <httpsitebase>${httpbase}/site</httpsitebase>
-    <!--
-      ftpbase>ftp://jcurl.org</ftpbase>
-      <ftpsitebase>${ftpbase}/site</ftpsitebase
-    -->
-    <scpbase>
-      <!--
-        @TODO Will, is there ssh access to the website? Required for
-        artifact upload.
-      -->
-    </scpbase>
-    <scpsitebase>
-      <!--
-        @TODO Will, is there ssh access to the website? Required for maven
-        site upload.
-      -->
-    </scpsitebase>
-  </properties>  
-  <issueManagement>
-    <system>Google Code</system>
-    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/issues/list</url>
-  </issueManagement>
-  <inceptionYear>1995</inceptionYear>
-  <ciManagement>
-    <system>hudson</system>
-    <url>http://allain.homelinux.org:2121/</url>
-  </ciManagement>
-  <mailingLists>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Piccolo2D Announce</name>
-      <subscribe>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-announce/subscribe
-      </subscribe>
-      <post>piccolo2d-announce@googlegroups.com</post>
-      <archive>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-announce
-      </archive>
-    </mailingList>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Piccolo2D Users</name>
-      <subscribe>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-users/subscribe
-      </subscribe>
-      <post>piccolo2d-users@googlegroups.com</post>
-      <archive>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-users
-      </archive>
-    </mailingList>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Piccolo2D Dev</name>
-      <subscribe>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-dev/subscribe
-      </subscribe>
-      <post>piccolo2d-dev@googlegroups.com</post>
-      <archive>
-        http://groups.google.com/group/piccolo2d-dev
-      </archive>
-    </mailingList>
-  </mailingLists>
-  <licenses>
-    <license>
-      <name>BSD PUBLIC LICENSE</name>
-      <url>http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php</url>
-      <distribution>manual</distribution>
-    </license>
-  </licenses>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
@@ -107,17 +37,6 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.2</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.piccolo2d</groupId>
-      <artifactId>piccolo2d-extras</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>${swt.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>${swt.artifactId}</artifactId>
 <!--      <version>3.5.0.v3550b</version> -->
@@ -134,144 +53,6 @@
     </developerConnection>
     <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse/piccolo2d.java/trunk/swt</url>
   </scm>
-  <organization>
-    <name>Piccolo2D</name>
-    <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/</url>
-  </organization>
-  <developers>
-    <developer>
-      <id>allain.lalonde</id>
-      <name>Allain Lalonde</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <email>allain@machete.ca</email>
-      <url>http://www.machete.ca</url>
-      <timezone>-5</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>bederson</id>
-      <name>bederson</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-9</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>heuermh</id>
-      <name>Michael L Heuer</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-6</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>jesse</id>
-      <name>jesse</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-9</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>mr0738@mro.name</id>
-      <name>mr0738@mro.name</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>reids@colorado.edu</id>
-      <name>reids@colorado.edu</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>sjc@browsecode.org</id>
-      <name>sjc@browsecode.org</name>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-    </developer>
-  </developers>
-  <contributors>
-    <contributor>
-      <name>Alexander Kurtakov</name>
-      <email>akurtakov@gmail.com</email>
-      <url>http://akurtakov.blogspot.com</url>
-      <organization>Red Hat Inc.</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://redhat.com</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+2</timezone>
-    </contributor>
-  </contributors>
-  <build>    
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <verbose>true</verbose>
-          <fork>true</fork>
-          <encoding>ascii</encoding>
-          <optimize>false</optimize>
-          <debug>false</debug>
-          <compilerVersion>1.4</compilerVersion>
-          <showDeprecation>false</showDeprecation>
-          <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-          <source>1.4</source>
-          <target>1.4</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <connectionType>developerConnection</connectionType>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <extensions>true</extensions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>  
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-          <configuration>
-            <archive>
-              <manifest>
-                <mainClass>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.ExampleRunner</mainClass>
-              </manifest>
-            </archive>
-            <descriptorRefs>
-              <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-            </descriptorRefs>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-    </pluginManagement>
-  </build>
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <!--
-      use a ~/.m2/settings.xml like this: <settings> <profiles> <profile>
-      <id>piccolo2d</id> <activation>
-      <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault> </activation> <properties>
-      <piccolo2d.file.site.base>file:///var/www/piccolo2d/</piccolo2d.file.site.base>
-      </properties> </profile> </profiles> </settings>
-    -->
-    <site>
-      <id>maven.site</id>
-      <url>${piccolo2d.file.site.base}</url>
-    </site>
-  </distributionManagement>  
   <reporting>
     <plugins>
       <!-- don't use UmlGraph as the current settings (see ../parent/pom.xml) cause pain with swt  -->      
@@ -346,7 +127,7 @@
           <findbugsXmlWithMessages>true</findbugsXmlWithMessages>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <xmlOutputDirectory>target/site</xmlOutputDirectory>
-          <includeTests>false</includeTests>         
+          <includeTests>false</includeTests>        
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
@@ -449,6 +230,7 @@
     </profile>
 <!--
 
+
     todo:
 
     the following mac profile does not work on PPC