diff --git a/IO/PIO.cpp b/IO/PIO.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83277ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IO/PIO.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+#include "IO/PIO.h"
+#include "common/Utilities.h"
+
+#include <fstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <cstring>
+
+
+#ifdef USE_MPI
+    #include "mpi.h"
+#endif
+
+
+namespace IO {
+
+
+static ParallelStreamBuffer pout_buffer;
+static ParallelStreamBuffer perr_buffer;
+static ParallelStreamBuffer plog_buffer;
+
+
+std::ostream pout(&pout_buffer);
+std::ostream perr(&perr_buffer);
+std::ostream plog(&plog_buffer);
+
+
+
+/****************************************************************************
+*  Functions to control logging                                             *
+****************************************************************************/
+std::ofstream *global_filestream=NULL;
+static void shutdownFilestream( )
+{
+    if ( global_filestream!=NULL ) {
+        global_filestream->flush();
+        global_filestream->close();
+        delete global_filestream;
+        global_filestream = NULL;
+    }
+}
+void Utilities::logOnlyNodeZero( const std::string &filename )
+{
+    int rank = 0;
+    #ifdef USE_MPI
+        MPI_Comm_rank( MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank );
+    #endif
+    if ( rank == 0 )
+        logAllNodes(filename,true);
+}
+void Utilities::logAllNodes( const std::string &filename, bool singleStream )
+{
+    if ( singleStream )
+        ERROR("Not implimented yet");
+
+    // If the filestream was open, then close it and reset streams
+    shutdownFilestream();
+
+    // Open the log stream and redirect output
+    std::string full_filename = filename;
+    if ( !singleStream ) {
+        int rank = 0;
+        #ifdef USE_MPI
+            MPI_Comm_rank( MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank );
+        #endif
+        char tmp[100];
+        sprintf(tmp,".%04i",rank);
+        full_filename += std::string(tmp);
+    }
+    global_filestream = new std::ofstream(full_filename.c_str());
+
+    if ( !(*global_filestream) ) {
+        delete global_filestream;
+        global_filestream = NULL;
+        perr << "PIO: Could not open log file ``" << full_filename << "''\n";
+    } else {
+        pout_buffer.setOutputStream(global_filestream);
+        pout_buffer.setOutputStream(&std::cout);
+        perr_buffer.setOutputStream(global_filestream);
+        perr_buffer.setOutputStream(&std::cerr);
+        plog_buffer.setOutputStream(global_filestream);
+    }
+}
+
+
+/****************************************************************************
+*  ParallelStreamBuffer class                                               *
+****************************************************************************/
+void Utilities::stopLogging( )
+{
+    pout_buffer.reset();
+    perr_buffer.reset();
+    plog_buffer.reset();
+    shutdownFilestream();
+    delete global_filestream;
+    global_filestream = NULL;
+}
+
+
+/****************************************************************************
+*  ParallelStreamBuffer class                                               *
+****************************************************************************/
+ParallelStreamBuffer::ParallelStreamBuffer( ):
+    d_rank(0), d_size(0), d_buffer_size(0), d_buffer(NULL)
+{
+}
+ParallelStreamBuffer:: ~ParallelStreamBuffer()
+{
+    delete [] d_buffer;
+}
+void ParallelStreamBuffer::setOutputStream( std::ostream *stream )
+{
+    d_stream.push_back( stream );
+}
+int ParallelStreamBuffer::sync()
+{
+    for (size_t i=0; i<d_stream.size(); i++) {
+        std::ostream& stream = *d_stream[i];
+        stream << d_buffer;
+    }
+    d_size = 0;
+    memset(d_buffer,0,d_buffer_size);
+    return 0;
+}
+void ParallelStreamBuffer::reserve( size_t size )
+{
+    if ( size > d_buffer_size ) {
+        if ( d_buffer_size==0 ) {
+            d_buffer_size = 1024;
+            d_buffer = new char[d_buffer_size];
+            memset(d_buffer,0,d_buffer_size);
+        }
+        while ( size > d_buffer_size ) {
+            char *tmp = d_buffer;
+            d_buffer_size *= 2;
+            d_buffer = new char[d_buffer_size];
+            memset(d_buffer,0,d_buffer_size);
+            memcpy(d_buffer,tmp,d_size);
+            delete [] tmp;
+        }
+    }
+}
+std::streamsize ParallelStreamBuffer::xsputn( const std::string &text, std::streamsize n )
+{
+    reserve(d_size+n);
+    memcpy(&d_buffer[d_size],text.c_str(),text.size());
+    if ( text[n-1]==0 || text[n-1]==10 ) { sync(); }
+    return n;
+}
+int ParallelStreamBuffer::overflow(int ch)
+{
+    reserve(d_size+1);
+    d_buffer[d_size] = ch;
+    d_size++;
+    if ( ch==0 || ch==10 ) { sync(); }
+    return std::char_traits<char>::to_int_type(ch);
+}
+int ParallelStreamBuffer::underflow() 
+{
+    return -1;
+}
+void ParallelStreamBuffer::reset() 
+{
+    sync();
+    d_stream.clear();
+    delete [] d_buffer;
+    d_buffer = NULL;
+    d_buffer_size = 0;
+}
+
+
+} // IO namespace
+
diff --git a/IO/PIO.h b/IO/PIO.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e21d7624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IO/PIO.h
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+#ifndef included_PIO
+#define included_PIO
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+
+
+namespace IO {
+
+
+/*!
+ * Parallel output stream pout writes to the standard output from node zero
+ * only.  Output from other nodes is ignored.  If logging is enabled, then
+ * output is mirrored to the log stream, as well.
+ */
+extern std::ostream pout;
+
+/*!
+ * Parallel output stream perr writes to the standard error from all nodes.
+ * Output is prepended with the processor number.  
+ */
+extern std::ostream perr;
+
+/*!
+ * Parallel output stream plog writes output to the log file.  When logging
+ * from multiple processors, the processor number is appended to the filename.
+ */
+extern std::ostream plog;
+
+/*!
+ * Parallel output printp pout writes to the standard output from node zero
+ * only.  Output from other nodes is ignored.  If logging is enabled, then
+ * output is mirrored to the log stream, as well.
+ * The format matches the format for printf
+ */
+inline int printp( const char *format, ... );
+
+
+/*!
+ * Class ParallelBuffer is a simple I/O stream utility that
+ * intercepts output from an ostream and redirects the output as necessary
+ * for parallel I/O.  This class defines a stream buffer class for an
+ * ostream class.
+ */
+class ParallelStreamBuffer : public std::streambuf
+{
+public:
+
+    /*!
+     * Create a parallel buffer class.  The object will require further
+     * initialization to set up the I/O streams and prefix string.
+     */
+    ParallelStreamBuffer( );
+
+    /*!
+     * Set the output file stream (multiple output streams are supported)
+     * @param stream    Output stream
+     */
+    void setOutputStream( std::ostream *stream );
+
+    /*!
+     * The destructor simply deallocates any internal data
+    * buffers.  It does not modify the output streams.
+     */
+    virtual ~ParallelStreamBuffer();
+
+    /*!
+     * Synchronize the parallel buffer (called from streambuf).
+     */
+   virtual int sync();
+
+    /**
+     * Write the specified number of characters into the output stream (called
+     * from streambuf).
+    */
+    virtual std::streamsize xsputn(const std::string &text, std::streamsize n);
+
+    /*!
+     * Write an overflow character into the parallel buffer (called from
+     * streambuf).
+     */
+    virtual int overflow(int ch);
+
+    /*!
+     * Read an overflow character from the parallel buffer (called from
+     * streambuf).  This is not implemented.  It is needed by the
+     * MSVC++ stream implementation.
+     */
+    virtual int underflow();
+
+    /*!
+     * Clear the internal buffer's memory
+     */
+    virtual void reset();
+
+private:
+    int d_rank;
+    size_t d_size;
+    size_t d_buffer_size;
+    char *d_buffer;
+    std::vector<std::ostream*> d_stream;
+    inline void reserve( size_t size );
+};
+
+
+namespace Utilities {
+
+    /*!
+     * Log messages for node zero only to the specified filename.  All output
+     * to pout, perr, and plog on node zero will go to the log file.
+     */
+    void logOnlyNodeZero( const std::string &filename );
+
+    /*!
+     * Log messages from all nodes.  The diagnostic data for processor XXXXX
+     * will be sent to a file with the name filename.XXXXX, where filename is
+     * the function argument.
+     */
+    void logAllNodes( const std::string &filename, bool singleStream=false );
+
+    /*!
+     * Stop logging messages, flush buffers, and reset memory.
+     */
+    void stopLogging( );
+
+
+} // namespace Utilities
+
+
+} // namespace IO
+
+
+#include "IO/PIO.hpp"
+
+#endif
diff --git a/IO/PIO.hpp b/IO/PIO.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67b32cdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IO/PIO.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#ifndef included_PIO_hpp
+#define included_PIO_hpp
+
+#include "IO/PIO.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <cstdio>
+
+
+namespace IO {
+
+
+inline int printp( const char *format, ... )
+{
+    va_list ap; 
+    va_start(ap,format); 
+    char tmp[1024];
+    int n = vsprintf(tmp,format,ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+    pout << tmp;
+    pout.flush();
+    return n;
+}
+
+
+} // IO namespace
+
+#endif
diff --git a/common/UtilityMacros.h b/common/UtilityMacros.h
index 88d15ec7..2165b1d5 100644
--- a/common/UtilityMacros.h
+++ b/common/UtilityMacros.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
  *  \param MSG  Error message to print
  */
 #define ERROR(MSG) do {                                 \
-    Utilities::abort(MSG,__FILE__,__LINE__);            \
+    ::Utilities::abort(MSG,__FILE__,__LINE__);            \
 }while(0)
 
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     if ( !(EXP) ) {                                                 \
         std::stringstream tboxos;                                   \
         tboxos << "Failed assertion: " << #EXP << std::ends;        \
-        Utilities::abort(tboxos.str(), __FILE__, __LINE__);         \
+        ::Utilities::abort(tboxos.str(), __FILE__, __LINE__);         \
     }                                                               \
 }while(0)
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
         std::stringstream tboxos;                                   \
         tboxos << "Failed insist: " << #EXP << std::endl;           \
         tboxos << "Message: " << MSG << std::ends;                  \
-        Utilities::abort(tboxos.str(), __FILE__, __LINE__);         \
+        ::Utilities::abort(tboxos.str(), __FILE__, __LINE__);         \
     }                                                               \
 }while(0)
 
diff --git a/visit/avtLBMFileFormat.C b/visit/avtLBMFileFormat.C
index ae7f9afb..1a27c519 100644
--- a/visit/avtLBMFileFormat.C
+++ b/visit/avtLBMFileFormat.C
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 // LBPM headers
 #include "IO/Reader.h"
 #include "IO/IOHelpers.h"
+#include "IO/PIO.h"
 #include "common/Utilities.h"
 
 // vtk headers
@@ -98,6 +99,13 @@
 #endif
 
 
+// Output streams
+static IO::ParallelStreamBuffer DebugStreamBuffer1;
+static IO::ParallelStreamBuffer DebugStreamBuffer2;
+std::ostream DebugStream1(&DebugStreamBuffer1);
+std::ostream DebugStream2(&DebugStreamBuffer2);
+
+
 // ****************************************************************************
 //  Method: avtLBMFileFormat constructor
 //
@@ -109,9 +117,13 @@
 avtLBMFileFormat::avtLBMFileFormat(const char *filename)
     : avtMTMDFileFormat(filename)
 {
-    DebugStream::Stream1() << "avtLBMFileFormat::avtLBMFileFormat: " << filename << std::endl;
+    // Set abort behavior
     Utilities::setAbortBehavior(true,true,true);
     Utilities::setErrorHandlers();
+    // Set debug streams
+    DebugStreamBuffer1.setOutputStream( &DebugStream::Stream1() );
+    DebugStreamBuffer2.setOutputStream( &DebugStream::Stream2() );
+    DebugStreamBuffer1.setOutputStream( &std::cout );
     // Get the path to the input file
     std::string file(filename);
     size_t k1 = file.rfind(47);
@@ -120,7 +132,7 @@ avtLBMFileFormat::avtLBMFileFormat(const char *filename)
     if ( k2==std::string::npos ) { k2=0; }
     d_path = file.substr(0,std::max(k1,k2));
     // Load the summary file
-    DebugStream::Stream1() << "Loading " << filename << std::endl;
+    DebugStream1 << "Loading " << filename << std::endl;
     d_timesteps = IO::readTimesteps(filename);
     // Read the mesh dabases
     d_database.clear();
@@ -144,7 +156,7 @@ avtLBMFileFormat::avtLBMFileFormat(const char *filename)
 int
 avtLBMFileFormat::GetNTimesteps(void)
 {
-    DebugStream::Stream1() << "avtLBMFileFormat::GetNTimesteps" << std::endl;
+    DebugStream2 << "avtLBMFileFormat::GetNTimesteps" << std::endl;
     return static_cast<int>(d_timesteps.size());
 }
 
@@ -166,16 +178,16 @@ avtLBMFileFormat::GetNTimesteps(void)
 void
 avtLBMFileFormat::FreeUpResources(void)
 {
-    DebugStream::Stream1() << "avtLBMFileFormat::FreeUpResources" << std::endl;
+    DebugStream1 << "avtLBMFileFormat::FreeUpResources" << std::endl;
     std::map<std::string,vtkObjectBase*>::iterator it;
     for ( it=d_meshcache.begin(); it!=d_meshcache.end(); ++it ) {
-        DebugStream::Stream2() << "   deleting: " << it->first << std::endl;
+        DebugStream2 << "   deleting: " << it->first << std::endl;
         vtkObjectBase* obj = it->second;
         it->second = NULL;
         if ( obj!=NULL )
             obj->Delete();
     }
-    DebugStream::Stream2() << "   finished" << std::endl;
+    DebugStream2 << "   finished" << std::endl;
 }
 
 
@@ -195,11 +207,11 @@ avtLBMFileFormat::FreeUpResources(void)
 void
 avtLBMFileFormat::PopulateDatabaseMetaData(avtDatabaseMetaData *md, int timestate)
 {
-    DebugStream::Stream1() << "avtLBMFileFormat::PopulateDatabaseMetaData: " << timestate << std::endl;
+    DebugStream1 << "avtLBMFileFormat::PopulateDatabaseMetaData: " << timestate << std::endl;
     // Add the mesh domains to the meta data
     const std::vector<IO::MeshDatabase> database = d_database[timestate];
     for (size_t i=0; i<database.size(); i++) {
-        DebugStream::Stream1() << "   Adding " << database[i].name << std::endl;
+        DebugStream2 << "   Adding " << database[i].name << std::endl;
         avtMeshMetaData *mmd = new avtMeshMetaData;
         mmd->name = database[i].name;
         mmd->meshType = vtkMeshType(database[i].type);
@@ -244,7 +256,7 @@ avtLBMFileFormat::PopulateDatabaseMetaData(avtDatabaseMetaData *md, int timestat
             }
         }
     }
-    DebugStream::Stream1() << "   Finished" << std::endl;
+    DebugStream2 << "   Finished" << std::endl;
 
     //
     // CODE TO ADD A MATERIAL
@@ -307,7 +319,7 @@ avtLBMFileFormat::PopulateDatabaseMetaData(avtDatabaseMetaData *md, int timestat
 vtkDataSet *
 avtLBMFileFormat::GetMesh(int timestate, int domain, const char *meshname)
 {
-    DebugStream::Stream1() << "avtLBMFileFormat::GetMesh - " << meshname
+    DebugStream1 << "avtLBMFileFormat::GetMesh - " << meshname
         << "," << timestate << "," << domain << std::endl;
     TIME_TYPE start, stop, freq;
     get_frequency(&freq);
@@ -323,33 +335,32 @@ avtLBMFileFormat::GetMesh(int timestate, int domain, const char *meshname)
     const std::string timestep = d_timesteps[timestate];
     for (size_t i=0; i<database.size(); i++) {
         if ( database[i].name==std::string(meshname) ) {
-            DebugStream::Stream1() << "   calling getMesh" << std::endl;
+            DebugStream2 << "   calling getMesh" << std::endl;
             try {
                 mesh = IO::getMesh(d_path,timestep,database[i],domain);
             } catch (const std::exception &err) {
-                DebugStream::Stream1() << "   Caught errror calling getMesh:" << std::endl;
-                DebugStream::Stream1() << err.what() << std::endl;
+                DebugStream1 << "   Caught errror calling getMesh:" << std::endl;
+                DebugStream1 << err.what() << std::endl;
             } catch (...) {
-                DebugStream::Stream1() << "   Caught unknown errror calling getMesh" << std::endl;
+                DebugStream1 << "   Caught unknown errror calling getMesh" << std::endl;
                 return NULL;
             }
         }
     }
     if ( mesh==NULL ) {
-        DebugStream::Stream1() << "   Error loading mesh" << std::endl;
+        DebugStream1 << "   Error loading mesh" << std::endl;
         return NULL;
     }
     // Create the mesh in vtk
     vtkDataSet* vtkMesh = meshToVTK(mesh);
-vtkMesh->PrintSelf(std::cerr,vtkIndent(6));
-    DebugStream::Stream2() << "   mesh created:" << std::endl;
+    DebugStream2 << "   mesh created:" << std::endl;
     ASSERT(vtkMesh!=NULL);
-    DebugStream::Stream2() << "      " << vtkMesh->GetNumberOfCells() << std::endl;
-    vtkMesh->PrintSelf(DebugStream::Stream2(),vtkIndent(6));
+    DebugStream2 << "      " << vtkMesh->GetNumberOfCells() << std::endl;
+    vtkMesh->PrintSelf(DebugStream2,vtkIndent(6));
     // Cache the mesh and return
     // meshcache[cache_name] = mesh;
     get_time(&stop);
-    DebugStream::Stream2() << "   Time required: " << get_diff(start,stop,freq) << std::endl;
+    DebugStream2 << "   Time required: " << get_diff(start,stop,freq) << std::endl;
     return vtkMesh;
 }
 
@@ -378,7 +389,7 @@ vtkMesh->PrintSelf(std::cerr,vtkIndent(6));
 vtkDataArray *
 avtLBMFileFormat::GetVar(int timestate, int domain, const char *meshvarname)
 {
-    DebugStream::Stream1() << "avtLBMFileFormat::GetVar: " << meshvarname 
+    DebugStream1 << "avtLBMFileFormat::GetVar: " << meshvarname 
         << "," << timestate << "," << domain << std::endl;
     std::vector<std::string> tmp = IO::splitList(meshvarname,'/');
     ASSERT(tmp.size()==2);
@@ -389,14 +400,14 @@ avtLBMFileFormat::GetVar(int timestate, int domain, const char *meshvarname)
     std::shared_ptr<const IO::Variable> variable;
     for (size_t i=0; i<database.size(); i++) {
         if ( database[i].name==std::string(meshname) ) {
-            DebugStream::Stream1() << "   calling getVar" << std::endl;
+            DebugStream2 << "   calling getVar" << std::endl;
             try {
                 variable = IO::getVariable(d_path,timestep,database[i],domain,varname);
             } catch (const std::exception &err) {
-                DebugStream::Stream1() << "   Caught errror calling getVar:" << std::endl;
-                DebugStream::Stream1() << err.what() << std::endl;
+                DebugStream1 << "   Caught errror calling getVar:" << std::endl;
+                DebugStream1 << err.what() << std::endl;
             } catch (...) {
-                DebugStream::Stream1() << "   Caught unknown errror calling getVar" << std::endl;
+                DebugStream1 << "   Caught unknown errror calling getVar" << std::endl;
                 return NULL;
             }
         }
@@ -434,7 +445,7 @@ avtLBMFileFormat::GetVectorVar(int timestate, int domain, const char *varname)
 {
 cerr << "avtLBMFileFormat::GetVectorVar - " << varname
         << "," << timestate << "," << domain << std::endl;
-    DebugStream::Stream1() << "avtLBMFileFormat::GetVectorVar" << std::endl;
+    DebugStream1 << "avtLBMFileFormat::GetVectorVar" << std::endl;
     EXCEPTION1(InvalidVariableException, varname);
     return NULL;