diff --git a/application/models/BlogPost.php b/application/models/BlogPost.php
index ff12b5c..4f6f05b 100644
--- a/application/models/BlogPost.php
+++ b/application/models/BlogPost.php
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ class BlogPost
         return true;
     }
 
-
     public function isPublished($flag = null)
     {
         if (null === $flag) {
@@ -94,5 +93,4 @@ class BlogPost
 
         $this->_isPublished = (boolean)$flag;
     }
-
 }
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diff --git a/application/models/User.php b/application/models/User.php
index 2d31159..6a6adf0 100644
--- a/application/models/User.php
+++ b/application/models/User.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * User
  *
  */
-class User
+class User extends Fiktiv_Model_Abstract
 {
     protected $_id = 0;
     protected $_email;
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class User
         return false;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Set user lastname
      * 
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ class User
         return false;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Set user firstname
      * 
@@ -66,7 +64,6 @@ class User
         return false;
     }
     
-
     /**
      * Set the user registration date
      *
@@ -90,7 +87,6 @@ class User
         return true;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Returns the user registration date
      * 
@@ -101,7 +97,6 @@ class User
         return !empty($_regDate) ? $_regDate : false;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Returns the current status of the account.
      * 
@@ -112,19 +107,6 @@ class User
         return !$this->_isDeleted;
     }
 
-
-    public function  __call($name,$args) {
-
-        // getX methods
-        if ('get' == substr($name,0,3)) {
-            $dataPart = '_'.lcfirst(substr($name,3));
-            if (isset($this->$dataPart))
-                return $this->$dataPart;
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    
     /**
      * String representation of the object
      * @return string
diff --git a/library/Fiktiv/Model/Abstract.php b/library/Fiktiv/Model/Abstract.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3df45a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Fiktiv/Model/Abstract.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+abstract class Fiktiv_Model_Abstract
+{
+
+    public function  __call($name, $args) {
+
+        // getX methods
+        if ('get' == substr($name,0,3)) {
+            $property = substr($name, 3);
+            $dataPart = '_' . strtolower($property[0]) . substr($property, 1);
+            return isset($this->$dataPart) ? $this->$dataPart : false;
+        }
+    }
+}
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