This invention provides method of rapidly charging a glow-in-the-dark material utilizing an ultra violet emitting LED in portable form to produce a long lasting illuminating effect. The apparatus senses when a pet is using a housebreaking pad, and when the pet is finished, removes and seals the pad and the waste automatically, moving the pad into a repository for later disposal and replacing the soiled pad with a clean pad. Temperature of the water cooled catalytic reactor is determined by the vaporization of pressurized hot water, the pressure of which may be adjusted by a controller and a valve in response to temperature. The confocal microscope also comprises an aperture diaphragm that is placed in the beam path in front of the detector unit. At intermediate transmission stations, signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs cause control processors and computers to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers, recorderplayers, computers, generators, strippers, etc. Certain embodiments of these methods include the use of NMR spectroscopy.