Acknowledgements: (Dissertation Committee) Dr. Jason Grabosky        Dr. Peter E. Smouse Dr. Julie Lockwood         Dr. Judith Weis Dr. Judith Shaw (Lab Partners and Assistants and Mascot) Gregory Dahle                 Bernard Isacson Jess Sanders                  Joel Petty Carolyn Haynes              Mike Gallagher Rogue (Laboratories) Lena Struwe                  Peter Morin (Special Thanks to Collaborating Colleagues) Dr. Peddrick Weis                 Dr. Ilidko Pechmann (Web Design) Sean Gallagher » www.noise-ae.org (Dedication) Wendell Berry said "you don’t know who you until you know where you are". I do not think he would mind a slight amendment: After over thirty-three years of marriage, you don’t know who you are without your partner, thank you Ellen.