Thanks ND unfortunately it's blank under the dependency nodes section. I tried searching with the node editor but not really knowing what to look for I just gave up.

I can export everything in the scene to obj and that clears the offending node then open a fresh scene and import the obj back in.

I just heard back from next limit support and I guess this is a known issue with maya 2013 and they are working on a fix in the next update.

Thank you for not saying Maya hates me! It's funny I was so mad last night I had to make a video showing the color gain toggling magically between 1.0 and 0.5 for no apparent reason and sent it to Dave. It was 4 minutes of me just screaming and cussing like a sailor!

I was like why the hell do I have no problems with any other software, only maya!!!! I sent him a skype message saying if ND says "maya hates me" I swear to god I am going to pop a gasket!!!