diff --git a/jarbuilder.jardesc b/jarbuilder.jardesc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c74cbcb92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jarbuilder.jardesc
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<jardesc>
+    <jar path="/Users/nesquena/Desktop/scribe-codepath.jar"/>
+    <options buildIfNeeded="true" compress="true" descriptionLocation="/scribe/jarbuilder.jardesc" exportErrors="true" exportWarnings="true" includeDirectoryEntries="false" overwrite="false" saveDescription="true" storeRefactorings="false" useSourceFolders="false"/>
+    <storedRefactorings deprecationInfo="true" structuralOnly="false"/>
+    <selectedProjects/>
+    <manifest generateManifest="true" manifestLocation="" manifestVersion="1.0" reuseManifest="false" saveManifest="false" usesManifest="true">
+        <sealing sealJar="false">
+            <packagesToSeal/>
+            <packagesToUnSeal/>
+        </sealing>
+    </manifest>
+    <selectedElements exportClassFiles="true" exportJavaFiles="true" exportOutputFolder="false">
+        <file path="/scribe/.travis.yml"/>
+        <file path="/scribe/.project"/>
+        <file path="/scribe/bundle"/>
+        <file path="/scribe/LICENSE.txt"/>
+        <file path="/scribe/changelog.txt"/>
+        <file path="/scribe/.gitignore"/>
+        <file path="/scribe/pom.xml"/>
+        <javaElement handleIdentifier="=scribe/src\/main\/java"/>
+        <file path="/scribe/.classpath"/>
+        <file path="/scribe/jarbuilder.jardesc"/>
+        <file path="/scribe/README.md"/>
+    </selectedElements>
+</jardesc>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ac6ed35ce..c2e321764 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,16 +125,7 @@
         <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.0.0</version>
         <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>failing-on-high</id>
-            <phase>compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>check</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <threshold>Low</threshold>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
+
         </executions>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scribe/exceptions/OAuthParametersMissingException.java b/src/main/java/org/scribe/exceptions/OAuthParametersMissingException.java
index 8407ce493..8510e289b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/scribe/exceptions/OAuthParametersMissingException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scribe/exceptions/OAuthParametersMissingException.java
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ public class OAuthParametersMissingException extends OAuthException
   /**
    * Default constructor.
    * 
-   * @param request OAuthRequest that caused the error
+   * @param request OAuthBaseRequest that caused the error
    */
-  public OAuthParametersMissingException(OAuthRequest request)
+  public OAuthParametersMissingException(OAuthBaseRequest request)
   {
     super(String.format(MSG, request));
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/BaseStringExtractor.java b/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/BaseStringExtractor.java
index 83ddd10fc..e29712c4e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/BaseStringExtractor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/BaseStringExtractor.java
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@
 import org.scribe.model.*;
 
 /**
- * Simple command object that extracts a base string from a {@link OAuthRequest}
+ * Simple command object that extracts a base string from a {@link OAuthBaseRequest}
  * 
  * @author Pablo Fernandez
  */
 public interface BaseStringExtractor
 {
   /**
-   * Extracts an url-encoded base string from the {@link OAuthRequest}.
+   * Extracts an url-encoded base string from the {@link OAuthBaseRequest}.
    * 
    * See <a href="http://oauth.net/core/1.0/#anchor14">the oauth spec</a> for more info on this.
    * 
-   * @param request the OAuthRequest
+   * @param request the OAuthBaseRequest
    * @return the url-encoded base string
    */
-  String extract(OAuthRequest request);
+  String extract(OAuthBaseRequest request);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/BaseStringExtractorImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/BaseStringExtractorImpl.java
index 5e28ce276..c1331eb0e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/BaseStringExtractorImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/BaseStringExtractorImpl.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class BaseStringExtractorImpl implements BaseStringExtractor
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
-  public String extract(OAuthRequest request)
+  public String extract(OAuthBaseRequest request)
   {
     checkPreconditions(request);
     String verb = OAuthEncoder.encode(request.getVerb().name());
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public String extract(OAuthRequest request)
     return String.format(AMPERSAND_SEPARATED_STRING, verb, url, params);
   }
 
-  private String getSortedAndEncodedParams(OAuthRequest request)
+  private String getSortedAndEncodedParams(OAuthBaseRequest request)
   {
     ParameterList params = new ParameterList();
     params.addAll(request.getQueryStringParams());
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ private String getSortedAndEncodedParams(OAuthRequest request)
     return params.sort().asOauthBaseString();
   }
 
-  private void checkPreconditions(OAuthRequest request)
+  private void checkPreconditions(OAuthBaseRequest request)
   {
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(request, "Cannot extract base string from a null object");
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/HeaderExtractor.java b/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/HeaderExtractor.java
index 2bc1f8bd4..1dad6c76d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/HeaderExtractor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/HeaderExtractor.java
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ public interface HeaderExtractor
   /**
    * Generates an OAuth 'Authorization' Http header to include in requests as the signature.
    * 
-   * @param request the OAuthRequest to inspect and generate the header
+   * @param request the OAuthBaseRequest to inspect and generate the header
    * @return the Http header value
    */
-  String extract(OAuthRequest request);
+  String extract(OAuthBaseRequest request);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/HeaderExtractorImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/HeaderExtractorImpl.java
index 85f452640..c27488991 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/HeaderExtractorImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scribe/extractors/HeaderExtractorImpl.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class HeaderExtractorImpl implements HeaderExtractor
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
-  public String extract(OAuthRequest request)
+  public String extract(OAuthBaseRequest request)
   {
     checkPreconditions(request);
     Map<String, String> parameters = request.getOauthParameters();
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public String extract(OAuthRequest request)
     return header.toString();
   }
 
-  private void checkPreconditions(OAuthRequest request)
+  private void checkPreconditions(OAuthBaseRequest request)
   {
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(request, "Cannot extract a header from a null object");
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scribe/model/OAuthBaseRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/scribe/model/OAuthBaseRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..009176f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scribe/model/OAuthBaseRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package org.scribe.model;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public interface OAuthBaseRequest {
+    /**
+     * Adds an OAuth parameter.
+     *
+     * @param key name of the parameter
+     * @param value value of the parameter
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the parameter is not an OAuth parameter
+     */
+    public void addOAuthParameter(String key, String value);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the {@link Map} containing the key-value pair of parameters.
+     *
+     * @return parameters as map
+     */
+    public Map<String, String> getOauthParameters();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the complete url (host + resource + encoded querystring parameters).
+     *
+     * @return the complete url.
+     */
+    public String getCompleteUrl();
+
+    /**
+     * Add an HTTP Header to the Request
+     *
+     * @param key the header name
+     * @param value the header value
+     */
+    public void addHeader(String key, String value);
+
+    /**
+     * Add a QueryString parameter
+     *
+     * @param key the parameter name
+     * @param value the parameter value
+     */
+    public void addQuerystringParameter(String key, String value);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the URL without the port and the query string part.
+     *
+     * @return the OAuth-sanitized URL
+     */
+    public String getSanitizedUrl();
+
+    /**
+     * Get a {@link ParameterList} with the query string parameters.
+     *
+     * @return a {@link ParameterList} containing the query string parameters.
+     * @throws OAuthException if the request URL is not valid.
+     */
+    public ParameterList getQueryStringParams();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the HTTP Verb
+     *
+     * @return the verb
+     */
+    public Verb getVerb();
+
+    /**
+     * Obtains a {@link ParameterList} of the body parameters.
+     *
+     * @return a {@link ParameterList}containing the body parameters.
+     */
+    public ParameterList getBodyParams();
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns a realm
+     */
+    public String getRealm();
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scribe/model/OAuthRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/scribe/model/OAuthRequest.java
index 8d241a4c0..9f0978a11 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/scribe/model/OAuthRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scribe/model/OAuthRequest.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  * @author Pablo Fernandez
  */
-public class OAuthRequest extends Request
+public class OAuthRequest extends Request implements OAuthBaseRequest
 {
   private static final String OAUTH_PREFIX = "oauth_";
   private Map<String, String> oauthParameters;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scribe/oauth/OAuth10aServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/scribe/oauth/OAuth10aServiceImpl.java
index 2b207f566..f44eba705 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/scribe/oauth/OAuth10aServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scribe/oauth/OAuth10aServiceImpl.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public Token getRequestToken(RequestTuner tuner)
     return api.getRequestTokenExtractor().extract(body);
   }
 
-  private void addOAuthParams(OAuthRequest request, Token token)
+  private void addOAuthParams(OAuthBaseRequest request, Token token)
   {
     request.addOAuthParameter(OAuthConstants.TIMESTAMP, api.getTimestampService().getTimestampInSeconds());
     request.addOAuthParameter(OAuthConstants.NONCE, api.getTimestampService().getNonce());
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public Token getAccessToken(Token requestToken, Verifier verifier, RequestTuner
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
-  public void signRequest(Token token, OAuthRequest request)
+  public void signRequest(Token token, OAuthBaseRequest request)
   {
     config.log("signing request: " + request.getCompleteUrl());
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public String getAuthorizationUrl(Token requestToken)
     return api.getAuthorizationUrl(requestToken);
   }
 
-  private String getSignature(OAuthRequest request, Token token)
+  private String getSignature(OAuthBaseRequest request, Token token)
   {
     config.log("generating signature...");
     config.log("using base64 encoder: " + Base64Encoder.type());
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ private String getSignature(OAuthRequest request, Token token)
     return signature;
   }
 
-  private void appendSignature(OAuthRequest request)
+  private void appendSignature(OAuthBaseRequest request)
   {
     switch (config.getSignatureType())
     {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scribe/oauth/OAuth20ServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/scribe/oauth/OAuth20ServiceImpl.java
index 6262c3700..695eebfa8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/scribe/oauth/OAuth20ServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scribe/oauth/OAuth20ServiceImpl.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public String getVersion()
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
-  public void signRequest(Token accessToken, OAuthRequest request)
+  public void signRequest(Token accessToken, OAuthBaseRequest request)
   {
     request.addQuerystringParameter(OAuthConstants.ACCESS_TOKEN, accessToken.getToken());
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scribe/oauth/OAuthService.java b/src/main/java/org/scribe/oauth/OAuthService.java
index 0c9c57e9b..58f21e942 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/scribe/oauth/OAuthService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scribe/oauth/OAuthService.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public interface OAuthService
    * @param accessToken access token (obtained previously)
    * @param request request to sign
    */
-  public void signRequest(Token accessToken, OAuthRequest request);
+  public void signRequest(Token accessToken, OAuthBaseRequest request);
 
   /**
    * Returns the OAuth version of the service.