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app/models/user.rb

 require 'digest/sha1'
 
 # this model expects a certain database layout and its based on the name/login pattern. 
 class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :news_items, :foreign_key => 'created_by_id'
 
   file_column :portrait, :magick => {
     :geometry => "512x512",
     :versions => { "thumb" => "50x50", "fullsize" => "512x512"}
   }
 
   # Please change the salt to something else, 
   # Every application should use a different one 
   @@salt = 'change-me'
   cattr_accessor :salt
 
   # Authenticate a user. 
   #
   # Example:
   #   @user = User.authenticate('bob', 'bobpass')
   #
   def self.authenticate(login, pass)
-    find_first(["login = ? AND password = ?", login, sha1(pass)])
+    User.find(:first, :conditions => ["login = ? AND password = ?", login, sha1(pass)])
   end
   
   def name
     [firstname, lastname].compact.join(' ')
   end
   
   def self.administrator
-    find :first, :conditions => ["admin = ?", true]
+    User.find(:first, :conditions => ["admin = ?", true])
   end
   
   def visit_now(stamp = DateTime.now)
     return if new_record?
     connection.update "UPDATE users SET visited_at = '#{stamp.to_formatted_s(:db)}' WHERE id = #{id}"
   end
 
   protected
 
   # Apply SHA1 encryption to the supplied password. 
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   validates_uniqueness_of   :login,    :on => :create
   validates_length_of       :login,    :within => 3..40
   validates_presence_of     :login
   validates_confirmation_of :password, :on => :create
   validates_length_of       :password, :on => :create, :within => 5..40
   validates_presence_of     :password, :on => :create
   validates_presence_of     :password_confirmation, :on => :create
   validates_presence_of     :email, :phone, :firstname, :lastname
 end