// then, if that worked, save the recorded value into an ARC
// and return it's region
// if we didn't get a response, forge a fake record and return that.
try {
Recorder.setHttpRecorder(recorder);
LaxURI lURI = new LaxURI(url,true);
getMethod = new ExtendedGetMethod(url,recorder);
getMethod.setURI(lURI);
HttpClient client = getHttpClient();
getMethod.getParams().setCookiePolicy(CookiePolicy.IGNORE_COOKIES);
getMethod.setFollowRedirects(false);