diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e5e7bd555..9cffc1c8a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+2005-12-08 22:12  robert
+
+	* NEWS.txt: Updated NEWS.
+
+2005-12-08 20:32  robert
+
+	* src/osgText/Text.cpp: From Paul Martz, changed Vec3 to Vec3d to
+	  ensure that the lazy evaluation of computeBound  work properly.
+
+2005-12-08 14:08  robert
+
+	* src/osg/Array.cpp: From Simon Julier, fixed typo of unknown.
+
+2005-12-08 12:02  robert
+
+	* AUTHORS.txt, ChangeLog, NEWS.txt,
+	  applications/osgversion/osgversion.cpp: Updated AUTHORS and
+	  ChangeLog for rc9.
+
 2005-12-08 11:53  robert
 
 	* NEWS.txt: Updated NEWS from wiki ammendments.
@@ -95,13 +114,10 @@
 
 2005-12-06 12:07  robert
 
-	* Make/dependencies, Make/makedirdefs,
-	  examples/osgdemeter/GNUmakefile,
-	  examples/osgdemeter/GNUmakefile.inst,
-	  examples/osgdemeter/osgdemeter.cpp: Removed osgdemeter example
-	  from distribution because it no longer compiles, and Demeter
-	  itself nolonger compiles, osgdemeter has now been moved to the
-	  community section of openscenegraph.org.
+	* Make/: dependencies, makedirdefs: Removed osgdemeter example from
+	  distribution because it no longer compiles, and Demeter itself
+	  nolonger compiles, osgdemeter has now been moved to the community
+	  section of openscenegraph.org.
 
 2005-12-06 11:24  robert
 
@@ -786,7 +802,6 @@
 	  applications/osgconv/osgconv.cpp, applications/osgdem/osgdem.cpp,
 	  examples/osgbluemarble/osgbluemarble.cpp,
 	  examples/osgdelaunay/osgdelaunay.cpp,
-	  examples/osgdemeter/osgdemeter.cpp,
 	  examples/osgmovie/osgmovie.cpp,
 	  examples/osgpbuffer/osgpbuffer.cpp,
 	  examples/osgpoints/osgpoints.cpp,
@@ -17082,12 +17097,6 @@
 	  src/osg/Matrix_implementation.cpp, src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp:
 	  Added getPerspective() method to Matrix* and SceneView
 
-2003-09-29 09:03  robert
-
-	* examples/osgdemeter/osgdemeter.cpp: From Clay Fowler, fixes to
-	  osgdemeter so that the whole terrain model can be visualised at
-	  once.
-
 2003-09-28 11:15  robert
 
 	* AUTHORS.txt, include/osg/CullingSet,
@@ -18199,8 +18208,6 @@
 	  examples/osgcopy/GNUmakefile, examples/osgcopy/GNUmakefile.inst,
 	  examples/osgcubemap/GNUmakefile,
 	  examples/osgcubemap/GNUmakefile.inst,
-	  examples/osgdemeter/GNUmakefile,
-	  examples/osgdemeter/GNUmakefile.inst,
 	  examples/osggeodemo/GNUmakefile,
 	  examples/osggeodemo/GNUmakefile.inst,
 	  examples/osggeometry/GNUmakefile,
@@ -18376,7 +18383,7 @@
 
 2003-08-04 17:26  don
 
-	* examples/: osgdemeter/GNUmakefile, osgpoints/GNUmakefile,
+	* examples/: osgpoints/GNUmakefile,
 	  osgprerendercubemap/GNUmakefile: Removed a couple of stray
 	  PRODUCER_LIB_DIR definitions in the examples
 
@@ -19175,11 +19182,7 @@
 
 	* Make/makedirdefs, VisualStudio/osg/osg.dsp,
 	  VisualStudio/osgPlugins/osg/dot_osg.dsp,
-	  VisualStudio/osgUtil/osgUtil.dsp,
-	  examples/osgdemeter/GNUmakefile,
-	  examples/osgdemeter/GNUmakefile.inst,
-	  examples/osgdemeter/osgdemeter.cpp,
-	  examples/osgpoints/GNUmakefile,
+	  VisualStudio/osgUtil/osgUtil.dsp, examples/osgpoints/GNUmakefile,
 	  examples/osgpoints/GNUmakefile.inst,
 	  examples/osgpoints/osgpoints.cpp,
 	  examples/osgprerendercubemap/GNUmakefile,
diff --git a/include/osg/Switch b/include/osg/Switch
index 2e5e09f4a..017663c04 100644
--- a/include/osg/Switch
+++ b/include/osg/Switch
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ class OSG_EXPORT Switch : public Group
 
         virtual bool removeChild( Node *child );
 
+        virtual bool removeChild(unsigned int pos,unsigned int numChildrenToRemove=1);
+
+
         void setValue(unsigned int pos,bool value);
 
         bool getValue(unsigned int pos) const;
diff --git a/src/osg/Switch.cpp b/src/osg/Switch.cpp
index 617b1229e..b57bc2b19 100644
--- a/src/osg/Switch.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/Switch.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <osg/Switch>
 #include <osg/BoundingBox>
 #include <osg/Transform>
+#include <osg/Notify>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
@@ -102,13 +103,29 @@ bool Switch::removeChild( Node *child )
 {
     // find the child's position.
     unsigned int pos=getChildIndex(child);
-    if (pos==_children.size()) return false;
+    if (pos>=_children.size()) return false;
     
     _values.erase(_values.begin()+pos);
     
     return Group::removeChild(child);    
 }
 
+bool Switch::removeChild(unsigned int pos,unsigned int numChildrenToRemove)
+{
+    if (pos>=_values.size() || numChildrenToRemove==0) return false;
+
+    unsigned int endOfRemoveRange = pos+numChildrenToRemove;
+    if (endOfRemoveRange>_values.size())
+    {
+        notify(DEBUG_INFO)<<"Warning: Switch::removeChild(i,numChildrenToRemove) has been passed an excessive number"<<std::endl;
+        notify(DEBUG_INFO)<<"         of chilren to remove, trimming just to end of value list."<<std::endl;
+        endOfRemoveRange=_values.size();
+    }
+    _values.erase(_values.begin()+pos,_values.begin()+endOfRemoveRange);
+
+    return Group::removeChild(pos, numChildrenToRemove);
+}
+
 void Switch::setValue(unsigned int pos,bool value)
 {
     if (pos>=_values.size()) _values.resize(pos+1,_newChildDefaultValue);
diff --git a/src/osgWrappers/osg/Switch.cpp b/src/osgWrappers/osg/Switch.cpp
index b6af8a585..4cfe09a78 100644
--- a/src/osgWrappers/osg/Switch.cpp
+++ b/src/osgWrappers/osg/Switch.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ BEGIN_OBJECT_REFLECTOR(osg::Switch)
 	I_Method2(bool, insertChild, IN, unsigned int, index, IN, osg::Node *, child);
 	I_Method3(bool, insertChild, IN, unsigned int, index, IN, osg::Node *, child, IN, bool, value);
 	I_Method1(bool, removeChild, IN, osg::Node *, child);
+	I_MethodWithDefaults2(bool, removeChild, IN, unsigned int, pos, , IN, unsigned int, numChildrenToRemove, 1);
 	I_Method2(void, setValue, IN, unsigned int, pos, IN, bool, value);
 	I_Method1(bool, getValue, IN, unsigned int, pos);
 	I_Method2(void, setChildValue, IN, const osg::Node *, child, IN, bool, value);