a newbie question

hi mavens,  
i'm new to maven project and after reviewing several
tutorial, i found out it's a great tool for developer
to weave into a project.
however, when i learn to see how it gets to work (from
example theserverside.com provides -
http://www.theserverside.com/articles/article.jsp?l=MavenMagic).
i found out seemly it always try to get repository
from remote through network with exception <[ERROR]
java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out:
connect>.

how to avoid that? or what command i need to type in
order to compile code correctly (i type the command
with "maven build-all"). for after review its source,
it only contains some simple java file that needed to
be compiled.
the maven version is 1.0-beta-7
 i appreciate any suggestions.
below is the maven.xml and project.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<project    default="foobar:build-all"
            xmlns:j="jelly:core"
            xmlns:maven="jelly:maven">

    <goal name="foobar:build-all">
        <maven:reactor  basedir="${basedir}"
                        includes="*/project.xml"
                        goals="foobar-dist"
                        banner="Building Foobar"
                        ignoreFailures="false"/>
    </goal>

</project>
--------------
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<project>
    <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
    <id>foobar-online</id>
    <groupId>Foobar-Travels</groupId>
    <currentVersion>2.0</currentVersion>
    <name>Foobar Online Project</name>

    <!--
################################################################
-->
    <!--        Project management section            
                   -->
    <!--
################################################################
-->

    <organization>
        <name>Foobar Travels Inc.</name>
        <url>http://www.foobartravels.com</url>
       
<logo>http://foobartravels.com/images/logo.gif</logo>
    </organization>

    <inceptionYear>2003</inceptionYear>
    <package>foobar.*</package>
   
<logo>http://foobartravels.com/images/projectlogo.gif</logo>
    <description>Foobar Online is  Project to webify
Foobar Travels</description>
    <shortDescription>Foobar Online is  Project to
webify Foobar Travels</shortDescription>


    <url/>
   
<issueTrackingUrl>http://bugzilla.foobartravels.com</issueTrackingUrl>
    <siteAddress>www.foobaronline.com</siteAddress>
    <siteDirectory/>
   
<distributionDirectory>/foobar/dist/${pom.artifactId}/</distributionDirectory>

    <!--
    <repository>
       
<connection>scm:cvs:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/cvspublic:maven</connection>
       
<url>http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/maven/</url>
    </repository>
    -->

    <versions/>

    <mailingLists/>

    <developers>
    <developer>
      <name>Srikanth Shenoy</name>
      <id>shenoy</id>
      <email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email>
      <organization>Objectseek</organization>
      <roles>
        <role>Java Developer</role>
      </roles>
    </developer>
    </developers>


    <!--
################################################################
-->
    <!--        Project dependency section            
                   -->
    <!--
################################################################
-->

    <dependencies/>


    <!--
################################################################
-->
    <!--        Project build and reports section     
                   -->
    <!--
################################################################
-->

    <build>

       
<nagEmailAddress>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</nagEmailAddress>
       
<sourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/java</sourceDirectory>
       
<unitTestSourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/test</unitTestSourceDirectory>

        <unitTest>
          <includes>
            <include>**/Test*.java</include>
          </includes>
          <excludes>
            <exclude>**/*Test*All.java</exclude>
          </excludes>
        </unitTest>

        <resources/>  <!-- (OPTIONAL) Resources
packaged inside the JAR file. -->

    </build>

    <reports>
        <report>maven-checkstyle-plugin</report>
    </reports>

    <reports>
        <report>maven-changes-plugin</report>
        <report>maven-jdepend-plugin</report>
        <report>maven-checkstyle-plugin</report>
        <report>maven-pmd-plugin</report>
        <report>maven-junit-report-plugin</report>
        <report>maven-clover-plugin</report>
        <report>maven-changelog-plugin</report>
        <report>maven-file-activity-plugin</report>
       
<report>maven-developer-activity-plugin</report>
        <report>maven-file-activity-plugin</report>
        <report>maven-license-plugin</report>
        <report>maven-linkcheck-plugin</report>
        <report>maven-jxr-plugin</report>
    </reports>

</project>


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