Redundant data in a streaming disk image is identified using commands to indicate unused disk blocks, such as TRIMUNMAP commands. A plunger shaft extending through the tubular shaft and slides upwardly therethrough and extends through a top opening as the cutter cuts into a pumpkin. The level of thinning is fully adaptive to the transition range and dynamic range locally in each line segment. The configuration of a simple voltage detector and an ordinary latch allows easy entry into the test and trimming mode when the integrated circuit is not in the intended application, but prohibits entry into the test and trimming mode when the integrated circuit operates in the intended application. In response to the vehicle ETA being less than the activation threshold, the priority request is submitted for preemption service processing at the intersection. In addition, a process for coating surgical suture material is described which is characterized by the fact that the thread material is wetted with a homogeneous methanolic solution of octenidine dichloride andor dequalinium chloride and subsequently the methanol is evaporated, a coating forming on the thread surface.