diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO
index d7dd75d62e..0f688bc258 100644
--- a/doc/TODO
+++ b/doc/TODO
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
 todo:
+- joining with LIMIT is like aggregations!!
+
+users.delete().where( 
+    addresses.c.user_id== 
+         select([users.c.id]). 
+         where(users.c.name=='jack') 
+    ) 
+
+    SELECT id, name, 
+      (select count(*) FROM addresses WHERE 
+    user_id=users.id) 
+    FROM users 
+
+    SELECT users.*, (SELECT count(id) FROM addresses WHERE 
+    addresses.user_id=users.id) FROM users
 - and/or w/ predicates
 - blocks for all operations
 - result sets to attr correlation too
diff --git a/lib/arel/primitives/attribute.rb b/lib/arel/primitives/attribute.rb
index dffe24d121..30885dd129 100644
--- a/lib/arel/primitives/attribute.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/primitives/attribute.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ module Arel
       end
 
       def find_correlate_in(relation)
-        relation[self]
+        relation[self] || self
       end
           
       def descends_from?(other)
diff --git a/lib/arel/relations/operations/group.rb b/lib/arel/relations/operations/group.rb
index 253c4215b6..04fd9fea62 100644
--- a/lib/arel/relations/operations/group.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/relations/operations/group.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Arel
 
     def initialize(relation, *groupings, &block)
       @relation = relation
-      @groupings = (groupings + (block_given?? [yield(self)] : [])).collect { |g| g.bind(relation) }
+      @groupings = (groupings + (block_given?? [yield(relatoin)] : [])).collect { |g| g.bind(relation) }
     end
 
     def externalizable?
diff --git a/lib/arel/relations/operations/join.rb b/lib/arel/relations/operations/join.rb
index 8025db095e..a72030abf9 100644
--- a/lib/arel/relations/operations/join.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/relations/operations/join.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ module Arel
     end
     
     def wheres
+      # TESTME bind to self?
       relation1.externalize.wheres
     end
     
diff --git a/lib/arel/relations/operations/order.rb b/lib/arel/relations/operations/order.rb
index 82924806e2..05af3fde4d 100644
--- a/lib/arel/relations/operations/order.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/relations/operations/order.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Arel
     
     def initialize(relation, *orderings, &block)
       @relation = relation
-      @orderings = (orderings + (block_given?? [yield(self)] : [])).collect { |o| o.bind(relation) }
+      @orderings = (orderings + (block_given?? [yield(relation)] : [])).collect { |o| o.bind(relation) }
     end
 
     # TESTME
diff --git a/lib/arel/relations/operations/project.rb b/lib/arel/relations/operations/project.rb
index c92a9df5a5..d7835edda4 100644
--- a/lib/arel/relations/operations/project.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/relations/operations/project.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Arel
     
     def initialize(relation, *projections, &block)
       @relation = relation
-      @projections = (projections + (block_given?? [yield(self)] : [])).collect { |p| p.bind(relation) }
+      @projections = (projections + (block_given?? [yield(relation)] : [])).collect { |p| p.bind(relation) }
     end
 
     def attributes
diff --git a/lib/arel/relations/operations/where.rb b/lib/arel/relations/operations/where.rb
index 9acb8ae3c6..8882f36104 100644
--- a/lib/arel/relations/operations/where.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/relations/operations/where.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Arel
     deriving :==
 
     def initialize(relation, *predicates, &block)
-      predicate = block_given?? yield(self) : predicates.shift
+      predicate = block_given?? yield(relation) : predicates.shift
       @relation = predicates.empty?? relation : Where.new(relation, *predicates)
       @predicate = predicate.bind(@relation)
     end
diff --git a/lib/arel/relations/relation.rb b/lib/arel/relations/relation.rb
index 1e2ac9f2be..a2d8bba6ea 100644
--- a/lib/arel/relations/relation.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/relations/relation.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ module Arel
       self
     end
     
+    def root
+      self
+    end
+    
     def christener
       @christener ||= Sql::Christener.new
     end
diff --git a/lib/arel/relations/utilities.rb b/lib/arel/relations/utilities.rb
index 02c2e0a952..454d455359 100644
--- a/lib/arel/relations/utilities.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/relations/utilities.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'arel/relations/utilities/compound'
 require 'arel/relations/utilities/recursion'
 require 'arel/relations/utilities/nil'
-require 'arel/relations/utilities/aggregation'
+require 'arel/relations/utilities/externalization'
 require 'arel/relations/utilities/recursion'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/arel/relations/utilities/aggregation.rb b/lib/arel/relations/utilities/externalization.rb
similarity index 97%
rename from lib/arel/relations/utilities/aggregation.rb
rename to lib/arel/relations/utilities/externalization.rb
index bdc7650a20..4e9139a78a 100644
--- a/lib/arel/relations/utilities/aggregation.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/relations/utilities/externalization.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module Arel
       @attributes ||= relation.attributes.collect(&:to_attribute).collect { |a| a.bind(self) }
     end
     
+    # REMOVEME
     def name
       relation.name + '_external'
     end
diff --git a/spec/arel/integration/joins/with_aggregations_spec.rb b/spec/arel/integration/joins/with_aggregations_spec.rb
index d429806094..42248add07 100644
--- a/spec/arel/integration/joins/with_aggregations_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/arel/integration/joins/with_aggregations_spec.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module Arel
       end
       
       describe '#to_sql' do
+        # CLEANUP
         it '' do
           @relation1.join(@relation2.take(3)).on(@predicate).to_sql.should be_like("
             SELECT `users`.`id`, `users`.`name`, `photos_external`.`id`, `photos_external`.`user_id`, `photos_external`.`camera_id`