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[12:46:18 CST(-0600)] <apetro__> https://gist.github.com/apetro/8339567 ? 
[12:46:43 CST(-0600)] <jwennmacher> yep
[12:47:37 CST(-0600)] <jwennmacher> what is your quickstart_entities/user/favorite-lo.user.xml file? Also look at the users table and see if that user is or is not present