diff --git a/IPython/utils/newserialized.py b/IPython/utils/newserialized.py
index b08845c..8fcab1f 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/newserialized.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/newserialized.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class SerializeIt(object):
                 self.typeDescriptor = 'ndarray'
                 self.metadata = {'shape':self.obj.shape,
                                  'dtype':self.obj.dtype.str}
-        elif isinstance(self.obj, bytes):
+        elif isinstance(self.obj, str):
             self.typeDescriptor = 'bytes'
             self.metadata = {}
         elif isinstance(self.obj, buffer):
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class UnSerializeIt(UnSerialized):
         typeDescriptor = self.serialized.getTypeDescriptor()
         if globals().has_key('numpy') and typeDescriptor == 'ndarray':
                 buf = self.serialized.getData()
-                if isinstance(buf, (buffer,bytes)):
+                if isinstance(buf, (str, buffer)):
                     result = numpy.frombuffer(buf, dtype = self.serialized.metadata['dtype'])
                 else:
                     # memoryview
diff --git a/IPython/utils/pickleutil.py b/IPython/utils/pickleutil.py
index e3e2259..2a92e18 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/pickleutil.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/pickleutil.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class CannedFunction(CannedObject):
     def __init__(self, f):
         self._checkType(f)    
         self.code = f.func_code
+        self.defaults = f.func_defaults
         self.__name__ = f.__name__
     
     def _checkType(self, obj):
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class CannedFunction(CannedObject):
     def getObject(self, g=None):
         if g is None:
             g = globals()
-        newFunc = FunctionType(self.code, g)
+        newFunc = FunctionType(self.code, g, self.__name__, self.defaults)
         return newFunc
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/parallel/client.py b/IPython/zmq/parallel/client.py
index b0ac11b..e54483f 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/parallel/client.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/parallel/client.py
@@ -45,30 +45,29 @@ from .view import DirectView, LoadBalancedView
 # helpers for implementing old MEC API via client.apply
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-def _push(ns):
+def _push(user_ns, **ns):
     """helper method for implementing `client.push` via `client.apply`"""
-    globals().update(ns)
+    user_ns.update(ns)
 
-def _pull(keys):
+def _pull(user_ns, keys):
     """helper method for implementing `client.pull` via `client.apply`"""
-    g = globals()
     if isinstance(keys, (list,tuple, set)):
         for key in keys:
-            if not g.has_key(key):
+            if not user_ns.has_key(key):
                 raise NameError("name '%s' is not defined"%key)
-        return map(g.get, keys)
+        return map(user_ns.get, keys)
     else:
-        if not g.has_key(keys):
+        if not user_ns.has_key(keys):
             raise NameError("name '%s' is not defined"%keys)
-        return g.get(keys)
+        return user_ns.get(keys)
 
-def _clear():
+def _clear(user_ns):
     """helper method for implementing `client.clear` via `client.apply`"""
-    globals().clear()
+    user_ns.clear()
 
-def _execute(code):
+def _execute(user_ns, code):
     """helper method for implementing `client.execute` via `client.apply`"""
-    exec code in globals()
+    exec code in user_ns
     
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -946,7 +945,7 @@ class Client(HasTraits):
             return list(Dependency(dep))
         
     @defaultblock
-    def apply(self, f, args=None, kwargs=None, bound=True, block=None,
+    def apply(self, f, args=None, kwargs=None, bound=False, block=None,
                         targets=None, balanced=None,
                         after=None, follow=None, timeout=None,
                         track=False):
@@ -963,9 +962,8 @@ class Client(HasTraits):
             The positional arguments passed to `f`
         kwargs : dict
             The keyword arguments passed to `f`
-        bound : bool (default: True)
-            Whether to execute in the Engine(s) namespace, or in a clean
-            namespace not affecting the engine.
+        bound : bool (default: False)
+            Whether to pass the Engine(s) Namespace as the first argument to `f`.
         block : bool (default: self.block)
             Whether to wait for the result, or return immediately.
             False:
@@ -1171,12 +1169,12 @@ class Client(HasTraits):
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     @defaultblock
-    def remote(self, bound=True, block=None, targets=None, balanced=None):
+    def remote(self, bound=False, block=None, targets=None, balanced=None):
         """Decorator for making a RemoteFunction"""
         return remote(self, bound=bound, targets=targets, block=block, balanced=balanced)
     
     @defaultblock
-    def parallel(self, dist='b', bound=True, block=None, targets=None, balanced=None):
+    def parallel(self, dist='b', bound=False, block=None, targets=None, balanced=None):
         """Decorator for making a ParallelFunction"""
         return parallel(self, bound=bound, targets=targets, block=block, balanced=balanced)
     
@@ -1249,19 +1247,21 @@ class Client(HasTraits):
         """Push the contents of `ns` into the namespace on `target`"""
         if not isinstance(ns, dict):
             raise TypeError("Must be a dict, not %s"%type(ns))
-        result = self.apply(_push, (ns,), targets=targets, block=block, bound=True, balanced=False, track=track)
+        result = self.apply(_push, kwargs=ns, targets=targets, block=block, bound=True, balanced=False, track=track)
         if not block:
             return result
     
     @defaultblock
     def pull(self, keys, targets='all', block=None):
         """Pull objects from `target`'s namespace by `keys`"""
-        if isinstance(keys, str):
+        if isinstance(keys, basestring):
             pass
         elif isinstance(keys, (list,tuple,set)):
             for key in keys:
-                if not isinstance(key, str):
-                    raise TypeError
+                if not isinstance(key, basestring):
+                    raise TypeError("keys must be str, not type %r"%type(key))
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("keys must be strs, not %r"%keys)
         result = self.apply(_pull, (keys,), targets=targets, block=block, bound=True, balanced=False)
         return result
     
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/parallel/remotefunction.py b/IPython/zmq/parallel/remotefunction.py
index 92508a5..7c32bd4 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/parallel/remotefunction.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/parallel/remotefunction.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from .asyncresult import AsyncMapResult
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 @testdec.skip_doctest
-def remote(client, bound=True, block=None, targets=None, balanced=None):
+def remote(client, bound=False, block=None, targets=None, balanced=None):
     """Turn a function into a remote function.
     
     This method can be used for map:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def remote(client, bound=True, block=None, targets=None, balanced=None):
     return remote_function
 
 @testdec.skip_doctest
-def parallel(client, dist='b', bound=True, block=None, targets='all', balanced=None):
+def parallel(client, dist='b', bound=False, block=None, targets='all', balanced=None):
     """Turn a function into a parallel remote function.
     
     This method can be used for map:
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/parallel/streamkernel.py b/IPython/zmq/parallel/streamkernel.py
index 65a79c6..446391e 100755
--- a/IPython/zmq/parallel/streamkernel.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/parallel/streamkernel.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from .client import Client
 from .error import wrap_exception
 from .factory import SessionFactory
 from .streamsession import StreamSession
-from .util import serialize_object, unpack_apply_message, ISO8601
+from .util import serialize_object, unpack_apply_message, ISO8601, Namespace
 
 def printer(*args):
     pprint(args, stream=sys.__stdout__)
@@ -305,35 +305,38 @@ class Kernel(SessionFactory):
                 sys.stdout.set_parent(parent)
                 sys.stderr.set_parent(parent)
             # exec "f(*args,**kwargs)" in self.user_ns, self.user_ns
-            if bound:
-                working = self.user_ns
-                suffix = str(msg_id).replace("-","")
-                prefix = "_"
-                
-            else:
-                working = dict()
-                suffix = prefix = "_" # prevent keyword collisions with lambda
+            working = self.user_ns
+            # suffix = 
+            prefix = "_"+str(msg_id).replace("-","")+"_"
+            # if bound:
+            #     
+            # else:
+            #     working = dict()
+            #     suffix = prefix = "_" # prevent keyword collisions with lambda
             f,args,kwargs = unpack_apply_message(bufs, working, copy=False)
+            if bound:
+                bound_ns = Namespace(working)
+                args = [bound_ns]+list(args)
             # if f.fun
             fname = getattr(f, '__name__', 'f')
             
-            fname = prefix+fname.strip('<>')+suffix
-            argname = prefix+"args"+suffix
-            kwargname = prefix+"kwargs"+suffix
-            resultname = prefix+"result"+suffix
+            fname = prefix+"f"
+            argname = prefix+"args"
+            kwargname = prefix+"kwargs"
+            resultname = prefix+"result"
             
-            ns = { fname : f, argname : args, kwargname : kwargs }
+            ns = { fname : f, argname : args, kwargname : kwargs , resultname : None }
             # print ns
             working.update(ns)
             code = "%s=%s(*%s,**%s)"%(resultname, fname, argname, kwargname)
-            exec code in working, working
-            result = working.get(resultname)
-            # clear the namespace
-            if bound:
+            try:
+                exec code in working,working
+                result = working.get(resultname)
+            finally:
                 for key in ns.iterkeys():
-                    self.user_ns.pop(key)
-            else:
-                del working
+                    working.pop(key)
+            if bound:
+                working.update(bound_ns)
             
             packed_result,buf = serialize_object(result)
             result_buf = [packed_result]+buf
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/parallel/tests/__init__.py b/IPython/zmq/parallel/tests/__init__.py
index e9617a3..c16f84d 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/parallel/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/parallel/tests/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import tempfile
 import time
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT
 
-from IPython.zmq.parallel.ipcluster import launch_process
-from IPython.zmq.parallel.entry_point import select_random_ports
+from IPython.zmq.parallel import client
 
 processes = []
 blackhole = tempfile.TemporaryFile()
@@ -17,7 +16,10 @@ def setup():
     processes.append(cp)
     time.sleep(.5)
     add_engine()
-    time.sleep(2)
+    c = client.Client(profile='iptest')
+    while not c.ids:
+        time.sleep(.1)
+        c.spin()
 
 def add_engine(profile='iptest'):
     ep = Popen(['ipenginez']+ ['--profile', profile, '--log-level', '40'], stdout=blackhole, stderr=STDOUT)
@@ -42,5 +44,5 @@ def teardown():
                 print 'killing'
                 p.kill()
             except:
-                print "couldn't shutdown process: ",p
+                print "couldn't shutdown process: ", p
     
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/parallel/tests/clienttest.py b/IPython/zmq/parallel/tests/clienttest.py
index d70ee58..2e2d3e6 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/parallel/tests/clienttest.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/parallel/tests/clienttest.py
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ class ClusterTestCase(BaseZMQTestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         self.client.close()
         BaseZMQTestCase.tearDown(self)
-    #     [ e.terminate() for e in filter(lambda e: e.poll() is None, self.engines) ]
-    #     [ e.wait() for e in self.engines ]
+        # [ e.terminate() for e in filter(lambda e: e.poll() is None, self.engines) ]
+        # [ e.wait() for e in self.engines ]
     #     while len(self.client.ids) > self.base_engine_count:
     #         time.sleep(.1)
     #     del self.engines
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/parallel/tests/test_client.py b/IPython/zmq/parallel/tests/test_client.py
index 89cae51..048eb29 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/parallel/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/parallel/tests/test_client.py
@@ -165,6 +165,17 @@ class TestClient(ClusterTestCase):
         v.execute('b=f()')
         self.assertEquals(v['b'], 5)
     
+    def test_push_function_defaults(self):
+        """test that pushed functions preserve default args"""
+        def echo(a=10):
+            return a
+        self.add_engines(1)
+        v = self.client[-1]
+        v.block=True
+        v['f'] = echo
+        v.execute('b=f()')
+        self.assertEquals(v['b'], 10)
+
     def test_get_result(self):
         """test getting results from the Hub."""
         c = clientmod.Client(profile='iptest')
@@ -195,7 +206,7 @@ class TestClient(ClusterTestCase):
                 """)
         v = self.client[-1]
         v.run(tmpfile, block=True)
-        self.assertEquals(v.apply_sync_bound(lambda : g()), 5)
+        self.assertEquals(v.apply_sync(lambda : g()), 5)
 
     def test_apply_tracked(self):
         """test tracking for apply"""
@@ -245,8 +256,7 @@ class TestClient(ClusterTestCase):
         v = self.client[-1]
         v['a'] = 123
         ra = clientmod.Reference('a')
-        b = v.apply_sync_bound(lambda x: x, ra)
+        b = v.apply_sync(lambda x: x, ra)
         self.assertEquals(b, 123)
-        self.assertRaisesRemote(NameError, v.apply_sync, lambda x: x, ra)
 
 
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/parallel/util.py b/IPython/zmq/parallel/util.py
index dbd8701..792c2b6 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/parallel/util.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/parallel/util.py
@@ -15,6 +15,23 @@ from IPython.utils.newserialized import serialize, unserialize
 
 ISO8601="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f"
 
+class Namespace(dict):
+    """Subclass of dict for attribute access to keys."""
+    
+    def __getattr__(self, key):
+        """getattr aliased to getitem"""
+        if key in self.iterkeys():
+            return self[key]
+        else:
+            raise NameError(key)
+
+    def __setattr__(self, key, value):
+        """setattr aliased to setitem, with strict"""
+        if hasattr(dict, key):
+            raise KeyError("Cannot override dict keys %r"%key)
+        self[key] = value
+    
+
 class ReverseDict(dict):
     """simple double-keyed subset of dict methods."""
     
@@ -264,7 +281,18 @@ def unpack_apply_message(bufs, g=None, copy=True):
     for k in sorted(skwargs.iterkeys()):
         sa = skwargs[k]
         if sa.data is None:
-            sa.data = bufs.pop(0)
+            m = bufs.pop(0)
+            if sa.getTypeDescriptor() in ('buffer', 'ndarray'):
+                if copy:
+                    sa.data = buffer(m)
+                else:
+                    sa.data = m.buffer
+            else:
+                if copy:
+                    sa.data = m
+                else:
+                    sa.data = m.bytes
+
         kwargs[k] = uncan(unserialize(sa), g)
     
     return f,args,kwargs
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/parallel/view.py b/IPython/zmq/parallel/view.py
index e7a2a32..72ac6de 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/parallel/view.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/parallel/view.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class View(HasTraits):
     """
     block=Bool(False)
     bound=Bool(False)
+    track=Bool(False)
     history=List()
     outstanding = Set()
     results = Dict()
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ class View(HasTraits):
     
     _ntargets = Int(1)
     _balanced = Bool(False)
-    _default_names = List(['block', 'bound'])
+    _default_names = List(['block', 'bound', 'track'])
     _targets = Any()
     
     def __init__(self, client=None, targets=None):
@@ -139,7 +140,12 @@ class View(HasTraits):
         block : bool
             whether to wait for results
         bound : bool
-            whether to use the client's namespace
+            whether to pass the client's Namespace as the first argument
+            to functions called via `apply`.
+        track : bool
+            whether to create a MessageTracker to allow the user to 
+            safely edit after arrays and buffers during non-copying
+            sends.
         """
         for key in kwargs:
             if key not in self._default_names:
@@ -161,10 +167,11 @@ class View(HasTraits):
     def apply(self, f, *args, **kwargs):
         """calls f(*args, **kwargs) on remote engines, returning the result.
         
-        This method does not involve the engine's namespace.
+        This method sets all of `client.apply`'s keyword arguments via this
+        View's attributes.
         
         if self.block is False:
-            returns msg_id
+            returns AsyncResult
         else:
             returns actual result of f(*args, **kwargs)
         """
@@ -174,9 +181,7 @@ class View(HasTraits):
     def apply_async(self, f, *args, **kwargs):
         """calls f(*args, **kwargs) on remote engines in a nonblocking manner.
         
-        This method does not involve the engine's namespace.
-        
-        returns msg_id
+        returns AsyncResult
         """
         d = self._defaults('block', 'bound')
         return self.client.apply(f,args,kwargs, block=False, bound=False, **d)
@@ -187,11 +192,9 @@ class View(HasTraits):
         """calls f(*args, **kwargs) on remote engines in a blocking manner,
          returning the result.
         
-        This method does not involve the engine's namespace.
-        
         returns: actual result of f(*args, **kwargs)
         """
-        d = self._defaults('block', 'bound')
+        d = self._defaults('block', 'bound', 'track')
         return self.client.apply(f,args,kwargs, block=True, bound=False, **d)
 
     # @sync_results
@@ -216,9 +219,9 @@ class View(HasTraits):
         """calls f(*args, **kwargs) bound to engine namespace(s) 
         in a nonblocking manner.
         
-        returns: msg_id
+        The first argument to `f` will be the Engine's Namespace
         
-        This method has access to the targets' namespace via globals()
+        returns: AsyncResult
         
         """
         d = self._defaults('block', 'bound')
@@ -229,9 +232,9 @@ class View(HasTraits):
     def apply_sync_bound(self, f, *args, **kwargs):
         """calls f(*args, **kwargs) bound to engine namespace(s), waiting for the result.
         
-        returns: actual result of f(*args, **kwargs)
+        The first argument to `f` will be the Engine's Namespace
         
-        This method has access to the targets' namespace via globals()
+        returns: actual result of f(*args, **kwargs)
         
         """
         d = self._defaults('block', 'bound')
@@ -323,11 +326,11 @@ class View(HasTraits):
     # Decorators
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------
     
-    def remote(self, bound=True, block=True):
+    def remote(self, bound=False, block=True):
         """Decorator for making a RemoteFunction"""
         return remote(self.client, bound=bound, targets=self._targets, block=block, balanced=self._balanced)
     
-    def parallel(self, dist='b', bound=True, block=None):
+    def parallel(self, dist='b', bound=False, block=None):
         """Decorator for making a ParallelFunction"""
         block = self.block if block is None else block
         return parallel(self.client, bound=bound, targets=self._targets, block=block, balanced=self._balanced)
@@ -378,7 +381,7 @@ class DirectView(View):
         block : bool
             whether to wait for the result or not [default self.block]
         bound : bool
-            whether to have access to the engines' namespaces [default self.bound]
+            whether to pass the client's Namespace as the first argument to `f`
         
         Returns
         -------
@@ -572,7 +575,12 @@ class LoadBalancedView(View):
         block : bool
             whether to wait for results
         bound : bool
-            whether to use the engine's namespace
+            whether to pass the client's Namespace as the first argument
+            to functions called via `apply`.
+        track : bool
+            whether to create a MessageTracker to allow the user to 
+            safely edit after arrays and buffers during non-copying
+            sends.
         follow : Dependency, list, msg_id, AsyncResult
             the location dependencies of tasks
         after : Dependency, list, msg_id, AsyncResult
@@ -621,7 +629,11 @@ class LoadBalancedView(View):
         block : bool
             whether to wait for the result or not [default self.block]
         bound : bool
-            whether to use the engine's namespace [default self.bound]
+            whether to pass the client's Namespace as the first argument to `f`
+        track : bool
+            whether to create a MessageTracker to allow the user to 
+            safely edit after arrays and buffers during non-copying
+            sends.
         chunk_size : int
             how many elements should be in each task [default 1]
         
diff --git a/docs/examples/newparallel/interengine/interengine.py b/docs/examples/newparallel/interengine/interengine.py
index 56bd739..5e80426 100644
--- a/docs/examples/newparallel/interengine/interengine.py
+++ b/docs/examples/newparallel/interengine/interengine.py
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ view.run('communicator.py')
 view.execute('com = EngineCommunicator()')
 
 # gather the connection information into a dict
-ar = view.apply_async_bound(lambda : com.info)
+ar = view.apply_async(lambda : com.info)
 peers = ar.get_dict()
 # this is a dict, keyed by engine ID, of the connection info for the EngineCommunicators
 
 # connect the engines to each other:
-view.apply_sync_bound(lambda pdict: com.connect(pdict), peers)
+view.apply_sync(lambda pdict: com.connect(pdict), peers)
 
 # now all the engines are connected, and we can communicate between them:
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def send(client, sender, targets, msg_name, dest_name=None, block=None):
         msg = globals()[m_name]
         return com.send(targets, msg)
         
-    client[sender].apply_async_bound(_send, targets, msg_name)
+    client[sender].apply_async(_send, targets, msg_name)
     
     return client[targets].execute('%s=com.recv()'%dest_name, block=None)
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/newparallel/parallelpi.py b/docs/examples/newparallel/parallelpi.py
index 6216fdf..3b6d32f 100644
--- a/docs/examples/newparallel/parallelpi.py
+++ b/docs/examples/newparallel/parallelpi.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ print "done"
 
 # Run 10m digits on 1 engine
 t1 = clock()
-freqs10m = c[id0].apply_sync_bound(compute_two_digit_freqs, files[0])
+freqs10m = c[id0].apply_sync(compute_two_digit_freqs, files[0])
 t2 = clock()
 digits_per_second1 = 10.0e6/(t2-t1)
 print "Digits per second (1 core, 10m digits):   ", digits_per_second1
diff --git a/docs/source/parallelz/parallel_multiengine.txt b/docs/source/parallelz/parallel_multiengine.txt
index 8a2fa0b..1ba3a2a 100644
--- a/docs/source/parallelz/parallel_multiengine.txt
+++ b/docs/source/parallelz/parallel_multiengine.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ constructed via list-access to the client:
 
 .. seealso::
 
-    For more information, see the in-depth explanation of :ref:`Views <parallel_view>`.
+    For more information, see the in-depth explanation of :ref:`Views <parallel_details>`.
 
 
 Quick and easy parallelism
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ blocks until the engines are done executing the command:
 
     In [5]: dview['b'] = 10
 
-    In [6]: dview.apply_bound(lambda x: a+b+x, 27)
-    Out[6]: [42, 42, 42, 42]%exit
+    In [6]: dview.apply_sync(lambda x: a+b+x, 27)
+    Out[6]: [42, 42, 42, 42]
 
 Python commands can be executed on specific engines by calling execute using the ``targets``
 keyword argument in :meth:`client.execute`, or creating a :class:`DirectView` instance by
@@ -265,7 +265,13 @@ Bound and unbound execution
 
 The previous example also shows one of the most important things about the IPython
 engines: they have a persistent user namespaces. The :meth:`apply` method can
-be run in either a bound or unbound manner:
+be run in either a bound or unbound manner.
+
+When applying a function in a `bound` manner, the first argument to that function
+will be the Engine's namespace, which is a :class:`Namespace` object, a dictionary
+also providing attribute-access to keys.
+
+In all (unbound and bound) execution
 
 .. sourcecode:: ipython
 
@@ -273,31 +279,16 @@ be run in either a bound or unbound manner:
     
     In [10]: v0 = rc[0]
     
-    In [12]: v0.apply_sync_bound(lambda : b)
-    Out[12]: 5
+    # multiply b*2 inplace
+    In [12]: v0.apply_sync_bound(lambda ns: ns.b*=2)
     
-    In [13]: v0.apply_sync(lambda : b)
-    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    RemoteError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
-    /home/you/<ipython-input-34-21a468eb10f0> in <module>()
-    ----> 1 v0.apply(lambda : b)
-    ...
-    RemoteError: NameError(global name 'b' is not defined)
-    Traceback (most recent call last):
-      File "/Users/minrk/dev/ip/mine/IPython/zmq/parallel/streamkernel.py", line 294, in apply_request
-        exec code in working, working
-      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
-      File "<ipython-input-34-21a468eb10f0>", line 1, in <lambda>
-    NameError: global name 'b' is not defined
-    
-
-Specifically, `bound=True` specifies that the engine's namespace is to be used
-as the `globals` when the function is called, and `bound=False` specifies that 
-the engine's namespace is not to be used (hence, 'b' is undefined during unbound 
-execution, since the function is called in an empty namespace). Unbound execution is 
-often useful for large numbers of atomic tasks, which prevents bloating the engine's
-memory, while bound execution lets you build on your previous work.
+    # b is still available in globals during unbound execution
+    In [13]: v0.apply_sync(lambda a: a*b, 3)
+    Out[13]: 30
 
+`bound=True` specifies that the engine's namespace is to be passed as the first argument when
+the function is called, and the default `bound=False` specifies that the normal behavior, but
+the engine's namespace will be available as the globals() when the function is called.
 
 Non-blocking execution
 ----------------------
@@ -469,7 +460,7 @@ specifying the index of the result to be requested. It is simply a shortcut to t
 
 .. sourcecode:: ipython
     
-    In [29]: dv.apply_async_bound(lambda : ev)
+    In [29]: dv.apply_async(lambda : ev)
     
     In [30]: %result
     Out[30]: [ [ 1.28167017  0.14197338],
diff --git a/docs/source/parallelz/parallel_task.txt b/docs/source/parallelz/parallel_task.txt
index 1e502ff..f487339 100644
--- a/docs/source/parallelz/parallel_task.txt
+++ b/docs/source/parallelz/parallel_task.txt
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ The basic cases that are checked:
     This analysis has not been proven to be rigorous, so it is likely possible for tasks
     to become impossible to run in obscure situations, so a timeout may be a good choice.
 
+.. _parallel_schedulers:
+
 Schedulers
 ==========
 
@@ -309,6 +311,12 @@ of a controller config object.
 
 The built-in routing schemes:
 
+To select one of these schemes, simply do::
+
+    $ ipcontrollerz --scheme <schemename>
+    for instance:
+    $ ipcontrollerz --scheme lru
+
 lru: Least Recently Used
 
     Always assign work to the least-recently-used engine.  A close relative of
@@ -316,11 +324,12 @@ lru: Least Recently Used
     with respect to runtime of each task.
 
 plainrandom: Plain Random
+
     Randomly picks an engine on which to run.
 
 twobin: Two-Bin Random
 
-    **Depends on numpy**
+    **Requires numpy**
     
      Pick two engines at random, and use the LRU of the two. This is known to be better
     than plain random in many cases, but requires a small amount of computation.
@@ -333,7 +342,7 @@ leastload: Least Load
 
 weighted: Weighted Two-Bin Random
 
-    **Depends on numpy**
+    **Requires numpy**
     
     Pick two engines at random using the number of outstanding tasks as inverse weights,
     and use the one with the lower load.
@@ -360,7 +369,7 @@ Disabled features when using the ZMQ Scheduler:
     allows graceful handling of Engines coming and going.  There is no way to know
     where ZeroMQ messages have gone, so there is no way to know what tasks are on which
     engine until they *finish*.  This makes recovery from engine shutdown very difficult.
-  
+
 
 .. note::