public String readURL(String url) throws MalformedURLException, IOException {
		String txt = "";

		BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader((new URL(url)).openStream(), "UTF-8"));

		String line = null;
		int linecount = 0;
	    for(line = rd.readLine(); line != null;line = rd.readLine()){
			txt += line + "\n";	
			linecount++;
		};
		System.out.println("SimpleHttpReader.readUrl() -> (length:" + txt.length() + ", linecount: " + linecount + ")");
		return txt;
	}