A broadband optical amplifier is disclosed. The integrated IVR environment is highly scaleable with hardware and software open to the host system for in-house modification andor addition of components and applications to accommodate additional andor modified host business logic, host applications, and other host requirements. The claimed invention also has a novel cervical support. An external communication unit communicates the data to a remote medical monitoring station via a cell phone network or the internet. The method can include recovery 22 of the promoter from the arylalkyl hydroperoxide and can further include recycling the recovered promoter to the contacting 16. The central tap of the ballast is connected, via a capacitor, to the second output terminal.