[support] node_load in Drupal 7

In Drupal 6, you could node_load( array( 'title' => 'node title', 'type' => 'page' ) Is there something similar in D7? It seems to force you to know the NID. I need to load by node title. This is actually for a Panel context, which is NID also, so I was going to make a new argument for Node Title. I think there is a Views Context, but I don't fully grasp that right now, so I haven't really looked into it. Suggestions? Joel Willers