diff --git a/e107_handlers/e107_class.php b/e107_handlers/e107_class.php
index 956ed2c77..e35028900 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/e107_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/e107_class.php
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class e107
 		'e_file'						 => '{e_HANDLER}file_class.php',
 		'e_form'						 => '{e_HANDLER}form_handler.php',
 		'e_jshelper'					 => '{e_HANDLER}js_helper.php',
+		'e_media'						 => '{e_HANDLER}media_class.php',
 		'e_menu'						 => '{e_HANDLER}menu_class.php',
 		'e_model'						 => '{e_HANDLER}model_class.php',
 		'e_news_item'					 => '{e_HANDLER}news_class.php',
@@ -157,6 +158,9 @@ class e107
 		'e_parse'						 => '{e_HANDLER}e_parse_class.php',
 		'e_ranks'						 => '{e_HANDLER}e_ranks_class.php',
 		'e_upgrade'						 => '{e_HANDLER}e_upgrade_class.php',
+		'e_user_model'					 => '{e_HANDLER}user_model.php',
+		'e_user'					 	 => '{e_HANDLER}user_model.php',
+		'e_current_user'				 => '{e_HANDLER}user_model.php',
 		'e_userperms'					 => '{e_HANDLER}user_handler.php',
 		'e_validator'					 => '{e_HANDLER}validator_class.php',
 		'e_vars'						 => '{e_HANDLER}e_parse_class.php',
@@ -168,7 +172,6 @@ class e107
 		'themeHandler'					 => '{e_HANDLER}theme_handler.php',
 		'user_class'					 => '{e_HANDLER}userclass_class.php',
 		'xmlClass'						 => '{e_HANDLER}xml_class.php',
-		'e_media'						 => '{e_HANDLER}media_class.php',
 	);
 
 	/**
@@ -885,7 +888,7 @@ class e107
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Retrieve user class singleton object
+	 * Retrieve userclass singleton object
 	 *
 	 * @return user_class
 	 */
@@ -894,6 +897,45 @@ class e107
 		return self::getSingleton('user_class', true);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve [e_current_user] current or [e_user] target (cached) user model object.
+	 *
+	 * @param boolean $current true - current user; false - target user (previously cached)
+	 * @return e_current_user|e_user
+	 */
+	public static function getUser($current = true)
+	{
+		if($current)
+		{
+			return self::getSingleton('e_current_user', true);
+		}
+		return e107::getRegistry('targets/core/user');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Load user data
+	 *
+	 * @param integer|array $user
+	 * @return e_user
+	 */
+	public static function loadUser($user = array())
+	{
+		if(is_numeric($user_id))
+		{
+			return $this->getObject('e_user', array(), true)->load($user);
+		}
+		return $this->getObject('e_user', $user, true);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve user-session singleton object
+	 *
+	 * @return UserHandler
+	 */
+	public static function getSession()
+	{
+		return self::getSingleton('UserHandler', true);
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Retrieve redirection singleton object
@@ -905,7 +947,6 @@ class e107
 		return self::getSingleton('redirection', true);
 	}
 
-
 	/**
 	 * Retrieve sitelinks singleton object
 	 *
@@ -947,16 +988,6 @@ class e107
 		return self::getSingleton('e107_event', true);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Retrieve user-session singleton object
-	 *
-	 * @return e107_event
-	 */
-	public static function getSession()
-	{
-		return self::getSingleton('UserHandler', true);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Retrieve array storage singleton object
 	 *
diff --git a/e107_handlers/model_class.php b/e107_handlers/model_class.php
index 5ae0414c9..dd912e341 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/model_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/model_class.php
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ class e_model
     /**
      * Generic load data from DB
      * @param boolean $force
-     * @return e_admin
+     * @return e_model
      */
 	public function load($id, $force = false)
 	{
diff --git a/e107_handlers/user_model.php b/e107_handlers/user_model.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a542596f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e107_handlers/user_model.php
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * e107 website system
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 e107 Inc (e107.org)
+ * Released under the terms and conditions of the
+ * GNU General Public License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt)
+ *
+ * User Model
+ *
+ * $URL$
+ * $Id$
+ */
+
+ /**
+  * @package e107
+  * @subpackage user
+  * @version $Id$
+  *
+  * User Model
+  */
+
+if (!defined('e107_INIT')) { exit; }
+
+class e_user_model extends e_model
+{
+	/**
+	 * @see e_model
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_db_table = 'user';
+
+	/**
+	 * @see e_model
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_field_id = 'user_id';
+
+	/**
+	 * @see e_model
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_message_stack = 'user';
+
+	/**
+	 * Get User value
+	 *
+	 * @param string$field
+	 * @param string $default
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function getValue($field, $default)
+	{
+		$field = 'user_'.$field;
+		return $this->get($field, $default);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set User value
+	 * @param string $field
+	 * @param mixed $value
+	 * @return e_user_model
+	 */
+	public function setValue($field, $value)
+	{
+		$field = 'user_'.$field;
+		$this->set($field, $value, false);
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set current object as a target
+	 * @return e_user_model
+	 */
+	public function setAsTarget()
+	{
+		e107::setRegistry('targets/core/user', $this);
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Clear registered target
+	 * @return e_user_model
+	 */
+	public function clearTarget()
+	{
+		e107::setRegistry('targets/core/user', null);
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see e_model#load($id, $force)
+	 */
+	public function load($user_id = 0, $force = false)
+	{
+		parent::load($user_id, $force);
+	}
+}
+
+
+// TODO Current user model is under construction
+class e_current_user extends e_user_model
+{
+
+}
+
+// TODO - add some more useful methods, sc_* methods
+class e_user extends e_user_model
+{
+
+}
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