diff --git a/cassandra/pom.xml b/cassandra/pom.xml
index 04a6543..2f27b68 100644
--- a/cassandra/pom.xml
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diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 3af58c9..7a80662 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
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diff --git a/couchdb/pom.xml b/couchdb/pom.xml
index 402762d..738d6e1 100644
--- a/couchdb/pom.xml
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diff --git a/csv/pom.xml b/csv/pom.xml
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diff --git a/dynamodb/pom.xml b/dynamodb/pom.xml
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--- a/dynamodb/pom.xml
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diff --git a/elasticsearch/common/pom.xml b/elasticsearch/common/pom.xml
index 90ba8d0..94bc40a 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/common/pom.xml
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diff --git a/elasticsearch/native/pom.xml b/elasticsearch/native/pom.xml
index 36f5ed6..ff5c807 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/native/pom.xml
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diff --git a/elasticsearch/pom.xml b/elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 77223fa..b0cb0e3 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/pom.xml
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diff --git a/elasticsearch/rest/pom.xml b/elasticsearch/rest/pom.xml
index 45c889d..72a624e 100644
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diff --git a/excel/pom.xml b/excel/pom.xml
index fd39674..8650650 100644
--- a/excel/pom.xml
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diff --git a/fixedwidth/pom.xml b/fixedwidth/pom.xml
index 5a79a09..eaf150a 100644
--- a/fixedwidth/pom.xml
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diff --git a/full/pom.xml b/full/pom.xml
index 16cc2b4..57240d1 100644
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diff --git a/hadoop/pom.xml b/hadoop/pom.xml
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diff --git a/hbase/pom.xml b/hbase/pom.xml
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--- a/hbase/pom.xml
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diff --git a/jdbc/pom.xml b/jdbc/pom.xml
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diff --git a/json/pom.xml b/json/pom.xml
index 9607056..a67db59 100644
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diff --git a/mongodb/common/pom.xml b/mongodb/common/pom.xml
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diff --git a/mongodb/mongo2/pom.xml b/mongodb/mongo2/pom.xml
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diff --git a/mongodb/mongo3/pom.xml b/mongodb/mongo3/pom.xml
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diff --git a/neo4j/pom.xml b/neo4j/pom.xml
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diff --git a/openoffice/pom.xml b/openoffice/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pojo/pom.xml b/pojo/pom.xml
index 02814b6..3f0b7aa 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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diff --git a/salesforce/pom.xml b/salesforce/pom.xml
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diff --git a/spring/pom.xml b/spring/pom.xml
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diff --git a/sugarcrm/pom.xml b/sugarcrm/pom.xml
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