before save attr weirdness

Strange model attribute not found error

from script/console production

>> u = Service.find(37)
=> #<Service id: 37, user_id: 9, url: "http://www.example.com", tiny_url: "", name: "TipMe", email: "", currency_id: 840, timezone_id: 140, locale: "en_US", verification_attempt_at: nil, verified_at: nil, tax_registration: nil, npo_registration: nil, flags: 0, created_at: "2009-02-15 22:29:50", updated_at: "2009-10-10 20:20:37", color: nil, paypal_id: "", paypal_email: "", contributors_count: 14, description: "Just give us some tips! Updated">
>> u.description
=> "Just give us some tips! Updated"

Model:
require 'open-uri'
require 'hpricot'
# Commented out by Bill, 2009-08-27
# require 'twitter'
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

class Service < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to      :user
...  
  named_scope     :top_contributors, :order => 'contributors_count DESC', :limit => 15
  named_scope     :by_user, lambda {|uid| {:conditions => {:user_id => uid}}}
  
  validates_presence_of :name, :url
...

  attr_accessible       :description, :contributors_count

  before_save { |record| (record.verification_attempt_at = record.verified_at = nil; record.tiny_url = '') if record.url_changed? }

  # Set contributors_count default to 0
  def initialize(attributes=nil)
    super({:contributors_count => 0}.merge(attributes || {}))
  end

...
  def access_authorized?(user)
    user.try(:id) == self.user_id
  end

...

Error stack:
ActionView::TemplateError (undefined method `description' for #<Service:0xb5f5e1f4>) on line #21 of app/views/recipient/_site_form.html.erb:
18:                     <label for='service_paypal_email'>Paypal Account Email:</label><br/><%= f.text_field :paypal_email %>
19:             </div>
20:             <div class='fieldTag'>
21:                     <label for='service_description'>Description:</label><br/><%= f.text_area :description, :rows => 4, :cols => 26 %>
22:             </div>
23:             <div class='fieldTag'>
24:                     <label for='user_logo'>Your logo:</label><br/>

    app/views/recipient/_site_form.html.erb:21
    app/views/recipient/_site_form.html.erb:2
    app/views/recipient/edit.html.erb:6
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/rack/request_handler.rb:95:in `process_request'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_request_handler.rb:207:in `main_loop'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/railz/application_spawner.rb:378:in `start_request_handler'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/railz/application_spawner.rb:336:in `handle_spawn_application'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/utils.rb:183:in `safe_fork'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/railz/application_spawner.rb:334:in `handle_spawn_application'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:352:in `__send__'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:352:in `main_loop'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:196:in `start_synchronously'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:163:in `start'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/railz/application_spawner.rb:213:in `start'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:262:in `spawn_rails_application'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb:126:in `lookup_or_add'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:256:in `spawn_rails_application'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb:80:in `synchronize'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb:79:in `synchronize'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:255:in `spawn_rails_application'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:154:in `spawn_application'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:287:in `handle_spawn_application'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:352:in `__send__'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:352:in `main_loop'
    passenger (2.2.5) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:196:in `start_synchronously'

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