A method and system for generating a snapshot in a consistent state is disclosed. The handle can also have an offset extension that allows a resistance to apply a torque force to the handle shaft as a swing approaches a hitting region. Furthermore, the fuel element includes parallel plates delimiting spaces between them. In a preferred embodiment, the pulp furnish is treated with a caustic material to enhance wax removal. Applications: microelectronics and microtechnology, in any manufacturing process that involves the degradation of a sacrificial material by diffusion of a chemical agent through a film that is permeable to this agent, for the production of air gaps, in particular the manufacture of air-gap interconnects for integrated circuits. The method includes the steps of providing a semiconductor substrate in which a cell region and a select transistor region are defined, etching the semiconductor substrate in the select transistor region so that there is a first step between the cell region and the select transistor region, forming a cell gate in the cell region, and forming a transistor in the select transistor region.