diff --git a/README b/README
index 37d374e..f9e80da 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ See the examples/ directory.
 * Glenn Sidney from Glenn Fu (mailto:glenn@glennfu.com) - http://glennfu.com
 * Brian McQuay from Onomojo (mailto:brian@onomojo.com) - http://onomojo.com
 * Adam Hunter (mailto:adamhunter@me.com) - http://adamhunter.me/
+* Glenn Ford (mailto:glenn@glennfu.com) - http://www.glennfu.com/
+* Leonardo Wong (mailto:mac@boy.name)
+* Rusty Burchfield
 
 This library is released under the terms of the BSD.
 
diff --git a/lib/contacts/aol.rb b/lib/contacts/aol.rb
index aa0136b..e63dc26 100644
--- a/lib/contacts/aol.rb
+++ b/lib/contacts/aol.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-class Hash
-  def to_query_string
-    u = ERB::Util.method(:u)
-    map { |k, v|
-      u.call(k) + "=" + u.call(v)
-    }.join("&")
-  end
-end
-
 class Contacts
   require 'hpricot'
   require 'csv'
@@ -53,12 +44,12 @@ def real_connect
         "redirType" => "",
         "xchk" => "false"
       }
-
+ 
       # Get this cookie and stick it in the form to confirm to Aol that your cookies work
       data, resp, cookies, forward = get(URL)
       postdata["stips"] = cookie_hash_from_string(cookies)["stips"]
       postdata["tst"] = cookie_hash_from_string(cookies)["tst"]
-
+ 
       data, resp, cookies, forward, old_url = get(LOGIN_REFERER_URL, cookies) + [URL]
       until forward.nil?
         data, resp, cookies, forward, old_url = get(forward, cookies, old_url) + [forward]
@@ -68,19 +59,19 @@ def real_connect
       until forward.nil?
         data, resp, cookies, forward, old_url = get(forward, cookies, old_url) + [forward]
       end
-
+ 
       doc = Hpricot(data)
       (doc/:input).each do |input|
         postdata["usrd"] = input.attributes["value"] if input.attributes["name"] == "usrd"
       end
       # parse data for <input name="usrd" value="2726212" type="hidden"> and add it to the postdata
-
+ 
       postdata["SNS_SC"] = cookie_hash_from_string(cookies)["SNS_SC"]
       postdata["SNS_LDC"] = cookie_hash_from_string(cookies)["SNS_LDC"]
       postdata["LTState"] = cookie_hash_from_string(cookies)["LTState"]
       # raise data.inspect
       
-      data, resp, cookies, forward, old_url = post(LOGIN_URL, postdata.to_query_string, cookies, LOGIN_REFERER_URL) + [LOGIN_REFERER_URL]
+      data, resp, cookies, forward, old_url = post(LOGIN_URL, h_to_query_string(postdata), cookies, LOGIN_REFERER_URL) + [LOGIN_REFERER_URL]
       
       until forward.nil?
         data, resp, cookies, forward, old_url = get(forward, cookies, old_url) + [forward]
@@ -97,20 +88,20 @@ def real_connect
       elsif cookies == ""
         raise ConnectionError, PROTOCOL_ERROR
       end
-
+ 
       @cookies = cookies
     end
-
+ 
     def contacts
       postdata = {
         "file" => 'contacts',
         "fileType" => 'csv'
       }
-
+ 
       return @contacts if @contacts
       if connected?
         data, resp, cookies, forward, old_url = get(CONTACT_LIST_URL, @cookies, CONTACT_LIST_URL) + [CONTACT_LIST_URL]
-
+ 
         until forward.nil?
           data, resp, cookies, forward, old_url = get(forward, cookies, old_url) + [forward]
         end
@@ -118,7 +109,7 @@ def contacts
         if resp.code_type != Net::HTTPOK
           raise ConnectionError, self.class.const_get(:PROTOCOL_ERROR)
         end
-
+ 
         # parse data and grab <input name="user" value="8QzMPIAKs2" type="hidden">
         doc = Hpricot(data)
         (doc/:input).each do |input|
@@ -126,7 +117,7 @@ def contacts
         end
         
         data, resp, cookies, forward, old_url = get(CONTACT_LIST_CSV_URL, @cookies, CONTACT_LIST_URL) + [CONTACT_LIST_URL]
-
+ 
         until forward.nil?
           data, resp, cookies, forward, old_url = get(forward, cookies, old_url) + [forward]
         end
@@ -147,7 +138,14 @@ def parse(data, options={})
         ["#{person[0]} #{person[1]}", person[4]] if person[4] && !person[4].empty?
       end.compact
     end    
+ 
+    def h_to_query_string(hash)
+      u = ERB::Util.method(:u)
+      hash.map { |k, v|
+        u.call(k) + "=" + u.call(v)
+      }.join("&")
+    end
   end
-
+ 
   TYPES[:aol] = Aol
 end
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