diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/assets_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/assets_controller.rb
index d07d6a43..61ef4d9b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/assets_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/assets_controller.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Admin::AssetsController < ApplicationController
   end
   
   def index
-    @assets = Asset.find(:all)
+    @assets = Asset.all
   end
   
   def edit
diff --git a/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
index e232732b..2ba3ad56 100644
--- a/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class AnnouncementsController < ApplicationController
 
   def index
-    @announcements = Announcement.find(:all, :conditions => { :entry_name => params[:entry_name] })
+    @announcements = Announcement.all( :conditions => { :entry_name => params[:entry_name] })
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html {
diff --git a/app/controllers/panel/announcements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/panel/announcements_controller.rb
index 243a1329..9bbcc051 100644
--- a/app/controllers/panel/announcements_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/panel/announcements_controller.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class Panel::AnnouncementsController < ApplicationController
   layout "admin"
   
   def index
-    @announcements = Announcement.find(:all, :conditions => { :entry_name => params[:entry_name] })
+    @announcements = Announcement.all( :conditions => { :entry_name => params[:entry_name] })
   end
 
   def new
diff --git a/app/models/item.rb b/app/models/item.rb
index db643770..eb63113c 100644
--- a/app/models/item.rb
+++ b/app/models/item.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Item
   end
   
   def self.find_by_name(item_name)
-    Item.find(:first, :conditions => { :name => item_name, :is_published => true })
+    Item.first(:conditions => { :name => item_name, :is_published => true })
   end
   
   def ancestors