diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/ModelValidator.php b/lib/Cake/Model/ModelValidator.php
index 3908e40e1..75a145589 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/ModelValidator.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/ModelValidator.php
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ class ModelValidator implements ArrayAccess, IteratorAggregate, Countable {
 					if ($options['deep']) {
 						$validates = $model->{$association}->validateAssociated($values, $options);
 					} else {
-						$validates = $model->{$association}->create($values) !== null && $model->{$association}->validates($options);
+						$model->{$association}->create(null);
+						$validates = $model->{$association}->set($values) && $model->{$association}->validates($options);
+						$data[$association] = $model->{$association}->data[$model->{$association}->alias];
 					}
 					if (is_array($validates)) {
 						if (in_array(false, $validates, true)) {
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Error/ExceptionRendererTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Error/ExceptionRendererTest.php
index 4f236e020..a9d958069 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Error/ExceptionRendererTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Error/ExceptionRendererTest.php
@@ -296,21 +296,8 @@ class ExceptionRendererTest extends CakeTestCase {
 				$testApp . 'Error' . DS
 			),
 		), App::RESET);
-		Configure::write('Error', array(
-			'handler' => 'TestAppsErrorHandler::handleError',
-			'level' => E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED,
-			'trace' => true
-		));
 
-		Configure::write('Exception', array(
-			'handler' => 'TestAppsErrorHandler::handleException',
-			'renderer' => 'TestAppsExceptionRenderer',
-			'log' => true
-		));
-
-		App::uses('TestAppsErrorController', 'Controller');
 		App::uses('TestAppsExceptionRenderer', 'Error');
-
 		$exception = new SocketException('socket exception');
 		$renderer = new TestAppsExceptionRenderer($exception);
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelValidationTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelValidationTest.php
index a2fa22024..6997c8b82 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelValidationTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelValidationTest.php
@@ -2057,4 +2057,34 @@ class ModelValidationTest extends BaseModelTest {
 		$this->assertSame($set, $Validator->getField('other'));
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Tests that altering data in a beforeValidate callback will lead to saving those
+ * values in database, this time with belongsTo associations
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testValidateFirstAssociatedWithBeforeValidate2() {
+		$this->loadFixtures('Article', 'User');
+		$model = new CustomArticle();
+		$model->validate = array(
+			'title' => array(
+				'notempty' => array(
+					'rule' => 'notEmpty',
+					'required' => true
+				)
+			)
+		);
+
+		$data = array(
+			'User' => array('user' => 'foo', 'password' => 'bar'),
+			'CustomArticle' => array(
+				'body' => 'a test'
+			)
+		);
+		$result = $model->saveAll($data, array('validate' => 'first'));
+		$this->assertTrue($result);
+
+		$this->assertEquals('foo', $model->field('title', array('body' => 'a test')));
+	}
+	
 }
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php
index c497a4a80..eb0215c18 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php
@@ -5939,6 +5939,7 @@ class ModelWriteTest extends BaseModelTest {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testValidateAssociated() {
+		$this->loadFixtures('Attachment', 'Article', 'Comment');
 		$TestModel = new Comment();
 		$TestModel->Attachment->validate = array('attachment' => 'notEmpty');
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php
index c962bd725..7e9cae7ff 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php
@@ -1099,6 +1099,27 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals(array('Time'), $result);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * testSendRenderWithImage method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testSendRenderWithImage() {
+		$this->CakeEmail->reset();
+		$this->CakeEmail->transport('Debug');
+
+		$this->CakeEmail->from('cake@cakephp.org');
+		$this->CakeEmail->to(array('you@cakephp.org' => 'You'));
+		$this->CakeEmail->subject('My title');
+		$this->CakeEmail->config(array('empty'));
+		$this->CakeEmail->template('image');
+		$this->CakeEmail->emailFormat('html');
+
+		$expected = '<img src="http://localhost/img/image.gif" alt="cool image" width="100" height="100" />';
+		$result = $this->CakeEmail->send();
+		$this->assertContains($expected, $result['message']);
+	}
+
 /**
  * testSendRenderPlugin method
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/DebuggerTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/DebuggerTest.php
index f45f19cdc..2eaab04f6 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/DebuggerTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/DebuggerTest.php
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ object(View) {
 	validationErrors => array()
 	hasRendered => false
 	uuids => array()
-	request => null
+	request => object(CakeRequest) {}
 	response => object(CakeResponse) {}
 	elementCache => 'default'
 	int => (int) 2
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Emails/html/image.ctp b/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Emails/html/image.ctp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..073d58ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Emails/html/image.ctp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ *
+ * PHP 5
+ *
+ * CakePHP(tm) :  Rapid Development Framework (http://www.cakephp.org)
+ * Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://www.cakefoundation.org)
+ *
+ * Licensed under The MIT License
+ * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice.
+ *
+ * @copyright     Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://www.cakefoundation.org)
+ * @link          http://www.cakefoundation.org/projects/info/cakephp CakePHP(tm) Project
+ * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 2.1
+ * @license       http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php The MIT License
+ */
+
+echo $this->Html->image('image.gif', array(
+	'alt' => 'cool image',
+	'width' => 100,
+	'height' => 100,
+	'fullBase' => true,
+	));
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Helper.php b/lib/Cake/View/Helper.php
index d1b9d45b1..a0b4aef4e 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Helper.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Helper.php
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ class Helper extends Object {
 			$path = h($this->assetTimestamp($this->webroot($path)));
 
 			if (!empty($options['fullBase'])) {
+				if ($path[0] == '/') {
+					$path = substr($path, 1);
+				}
 				$path = $this->url('/', true) . $path;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/View.php b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
index 984abf884..59ce0aca4 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/View.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
@@ -319,6 +319,11 @@ class View extends Object {
 			}
 			$this->_eventManager = $controller->getEventManager();
 		}
+		if (empty($this->request) && !($this->request = Router::getRequest(true))) {
+			$this->request = new CakeRequest(null, false);
+			$this->request->base = '';
+			$this->request->here = $this->request->webroot = '/';
+		}
 		if (is_object($controller) && isset($controller->response)) {
 			$this->response = $controller->response;
 		} else {