def get(self):
        """Get the specified object from slick.  You specify which one you want by providing the id as a parameter to
        the parent object.  Example:
        slick.projects("4fd8cd95e4b0ee7ba54b9885").get()
        """
        url = self.getUrl()

        # hopefully when we discover what problems exist in slick to require this, we can take the loop out
        for retry in range(3):
            try:
                self.logger.debug("Making request to slick at url %s", url)
                r = requests.get(url)
                self.logger.debug("Request returned status code %d", r.status_code)
                if r.status_code is 200:
                    return self.model.from_dict(r.json())
                else:
                    self.logger.debug("Body of what slick returned: %s", r.text)
            except BaseException as error:
                self.logger.warn("Received exception while connecting to slick at %s", url, exc_info=sys.exc_info())
        raise SlickCommunicationError(
            "Tried 3 times to request data from slick at url %s without a successful status code.", url)