diff --git a/app/views/synapses/create.js.erb b/app/views/synapses/create.js.erb
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--- a/app/views/synapses/create.js.erb
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-/*
- * @file
- * Javascript called when you create a new synapse.
- */
-$('#new_synapse').fadeOut('fast');
-$('#synapse_desc').typeahead('setQuery','');
-$('#synapse_topic1id').attr('value','0');
-$('#synapse_topic2id').attr('value','0');
-$('#synapse_grabSynapse').attr('value','null');
-// reset the draw synapse positions to false
-MetamapsModel.synapseStartCoord = false;
-MetamapsModel.synapseEndCoord = false;
-
-var temp1, temp2, temp;	
-		 
-if ( Mconsole != null) {
-    temp1 = Mconsole.graph.getNode(<%= @synapse.topic1.id %>);
-    temp2 = Mconsole.graph.getNode(<%= @synapse.topic2.id %>);
-    temp2.setData('dim', 25, 'current');
-    Mconsole.graph.addAdjacence(temp1, temp2, {});
-    temp = Mconsole.graph.getAdjacence(temp1.id, temp2.id);
-    temp.setDataset('start', {  
-      lineWidth: 0.4,
-      alpha: 0.1      
-      });
-    temp.setDataset('end', {
-      lineWidth: 2,
-      alpha: 1
-    });
-    var d = new Array(<%= @synapse.node1_id.to_s() %>, <%= @synapse.node2_id.to_s() %>);
-    temp.setDataset('current', {  
-      desc: '<%= @synapse.desc %>',  
-      showDesc: true, //will be changed by selectEdge
-      category: '<%= @synapse.category %>',
-      id: '<%= @synapse.id %>',
-      userid: <%= @synapse.user.id %>,
-      username: '<%= @synapse.user.name %>',			
-      permission: '<%= @synapse.permission %>'
-      });
-    temp.data.$direction = d;
-    Mconsole.fx.animate({
-      modes: ['edge-property:lineWidth:alpha'],
-      duration: 100,
-      onComplete: function() {
-        setTimeout(function (){
-          temp.setData('showDesc', false);
-          Mconsole.plot();
-        }, 3000);
-      } 
-    });
-}
-else {
-  json = <%= @synapse.selfplusnodes_as_json.html_safe %>
-  initialize("chaotic");
-}
diff --git a/app/views/synapses/destroy.js.erb b/app/views/synapses/destroy.js.erb
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--- a/app/views/synapses/destroy.js.erb
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * @file
- * Javascript called when you destroy a node
- */
diff --git a/app/views/synapses/removefrommap.js.erb b/app/views/synapses/removefrommap.js.erb
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index 61bfd185..00000000
--- a/app/views/synapses/removefrommap.js.erb
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-/* 
- * @file
- * Javascript executed when a synapse is removed from a map
- * TODO: Is this file even used?
- */
diff --git a/app/views/synapses/update.js.erb b/app/views/synapses/update.js.erb
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index b8f9dd59..00000000
--- a/app/views/synapses/update.js.erb
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * @file
- * Javascript called when you update a synapse
- */
diff --git a/app/views/topics/create.js.erb b/app/views/topics/create.js.erb
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index 77defa96..00000000
--- a/app/views/topics/create.js.erb
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@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * @file
- * This javascript is returned and executed when you create a new node.
- */
-$('#new_topic').fadeOut('fast');
-$('#topic_name').typeahead('setQuery','');
-$('#topic_grabTopic').attr('value','null');
-$('#topic_addSynapse').attr('value','false');
-
-var newnode = <%= @topic.self_as_json.html_safe %>;
-var x = <%= @position['x'] %>;
-var y = <%= @position['y'] %>;
-  
-
-if (!$.isEmptyObject(Mconsole.graph.nodes)) {
-  Mconsole.graph.addNode(newnode);
-  
-  // set the animation for everything back to normal
-  Mconsole.graph.eachNode( function (n) {
-    n.setData('dim', 25, 'start');
-    n.setData('dim', 25, 'end');
-  });
-  var temp = Mconsole.graph.getNode('<%= @topic.id %>');
-  temp.setData('dim', 1, 'start');
-  temp.setData('dim', 40, 'end');
-  temp.setData('whiteCircle', false);
-  temp.setData('greenCircle', false);
-  
-  if (gType == "centered") {
-    var tempPos = new $jit.Complex(x, y);
-    tempPos = tempPos.toPolar();
-    temp.setPos(tempPos, 'current');
-    temp.setPos(tempPos, 'start');
-    temp.setPos(tempPos, 'end');
-    temp._depth = tempNode._depth + 1;
-  }
-  else if (gType == "arranged" || gType == "chaotic") {
-    temp.setData('xloc',0);
-    temp.setData('yloc',0);
-    <% if not @mapping.nil? %>
-      temp.setData('mappingid', <%= @mapping.id %>);
-    <% elsif @mapping.nil? %>
-      temp.setData('mappingid', null);
-    <% end %>
-    temp.setPos(new $jit.Complex(x, y), 'current');
-    temp.setPos(new $jit.Complex(x, y), 'start');
-    temp.setPos(new $jit.Complex(x, y), 'end');
-  }
-  
-  if ( '<%= @synapse %>' == "true" ) {
-    $('#synapse_topic1id').val(tempNode.id);
-    $('#synapse_topic2id').val(temp.id);
-    $('#synapse_desc').val("");
-    $('#new_synapse').fadeIn('fast');
-    $('#synapse_desc').focus();
-    Mconsole.fx.animate({  
-      modes: ['node-property:dim'],  
-      duration: 500,
-      onComplete: function() {
-        setTimeout(function (){
-          temp.setData('dim', 25, 'current');
-          Mconsole.plot();
-        }, 3000);
-        Mconsole.fx.plotNode(tempNode, Mconsole.canvas);
-        Mconsole.fx.plotNode(temp, Mconsole.canvas);
-        tempNode = null;
-		    tempNode2 = null;
-		    tempInit = false;
-     }    
-    });
-  } else if ( '<%= @synapse %>' == "false" ) {
-      Mconsole.fx.plotNode(temp, Mconsole.canvas);
-      Mconsole.fx.animate({  
-        modes: ['node-property:dim'],  
-        duration: 500,
-        onComplete: function() {
-            setTimeout(function (){
-              temp.setData('dim', 25, 'current');
-              Mconsole.plot();
-            }, 3000);
-        }
-      });
-      
-  }
-  
-} else {
-  json = newnode;
-  Mconsole.loadJSON(json);
-  var temp = Mconsole.graph.getNode('<%= @topic.id %>');
-  temp.setData('dim', 1, 'start');
-  temp.setData('dim', 25, 'end');
-  temp.setData('whiteCircle', false);
-  temp.setData('greenCircle', false);
-  if (gType == "arranged" || gType == "chaotic") {
-    <% if not @mapping.nil? %>
-      temp.setData('mappingid', <%= @mapping.id %>);
-    <% elsif @mapping.nil? %>
-      temp.setData('mappingid', null);
-    <% end %>
-  }
-  temp.setPos(new $jit.Complex(x, y), 'current');
-  temp.setPos(new $jit.Complex(x, y), 'start');
-  temp.setPos(new $jit.Complex(x, y), 'end');
-  Mconsole.fx.plotNode(temp, Mconsole.canvas);
-  Mconsole.fx.animate({  
-        modes: ['node-property:dim'],  
-        duration: 500,
-        onComplete: function() {
-            setTimeout(function (){
-              temp.setData('dim', 25, 'current');
-              Mconsole.plot();
-            }, 3000);
-        }
-      });
-}
diff --git a/app/views/topics/destroy.js.erb b/app/views/topics/destroy.js.erb
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--- a/app/views/topics/destroy.js.erb
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-/*
- * @file
- * The javascript returned when destroy is called in the topic controller
- * This happens when a DELETE is sent to /topics/:id
- */
-
-if (Mconsole != null) {
-  
-  var node = Mconsole.graph.getNode(<%= @topic.id %>);
-  
-  if (node.id == Mconsole.root) {
-    Mconsole.graph.eachNode(function (n) {
-		  if (n.id != node.id) Mconsole.root = n.id;
-    });
-  }
-  
-  node.setData('alpha', 0, 'end');  
-  node.eachAdjacency(function(adj) {  
-	adj.setData('alpha', 0, 'end');  
-  });  
-  Mconsole.fx.animate({  
-	modes: ['node-property:alpha',  
-			'edge-property:alpha'],  
-	duration: 1000  
-  });
-  Mconsole.graph.removeNode(<%= @topic.id %>);
-  Mconsole.labels.disposeLabel(<%= @topic.id %>);
-  delete Mconsole.labels.labels['<%= @topic.id %>']
-  
-}
-else {
-  $('#<%= dom_id(@topic) %>').fadeOut('slow');
-}
diff --git a/app/views/topics/removefrommap.js.erb b/app/views/topics/removefrommap.js.erb
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--- a/app/views/topics/removefrommap.js.erb
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-/*
- * @file
- * This code removes a mapping from a topic on to a map, which removes the
- * topic from that map.
- * TODO: is this code still used?
- * TODO: What URL accesses this code?
- */
-
-
-if (Mconsole != null) {
-  var node = Mconsole.graph.getNode(<%= @mapping.topic_id %>);
-  if (node.id == Mconsole.root) {
-    Mconsole.graph.eachNode(function (n) {
-      if (n.id != node.id) Mconsole.root = n.id;
-    });
-  }
-  node.setData('alpha', 0, 'end');  
-  node.eachAdjacency(function(adj) {  
-	adj.setData('alpha', 0, 'end');  
-  });  
-  Mconsole.fx.animate({  
-	modes: ['node-property:alpha',  
-			'edge-property:alpha'],  
-	duration: 1000  
-  });
-  Mconsole.graph.removeNode(<%= @mapping.topic_id %>);
-}