A tie for bundling a plurality of elongated objects is formed in a generally arcuate configuration from a material having shape retaining memory properties. The microcontroller integrates on a single chip a VLIW processor, a printhead interface, and an output buffer effecting communication between the VLIW processor and the printhead interface. According to the invention, the storage unit also has a contact area for giving off heat to a heat sink. The images are projected onto the opacity hull to render the object under arbitrary lighting conditions for arbitrary viewpoints. The method further enables a high degree of collaborative and adaptive transaction management over traditional transaction managers. The drive power level required for stimulating the measuring tube to oscillate at a predefined frequency is quantified and with the aid of the quantified drive power, the presence of a multiphase flow of the medium traveling through the measuring tube is detected.