Ticker functionality provides filtering and displaying information relevant to a user. A thin film multiple track recording head includes recording gaps in a plane parallel with the head substrate. The first pipe gripping member is supported on a movable transfer plate having an engagement member connected thereto and to a piston rod of a hydraulic cylinder. The outputted N-bit data and the N-bit data held in the general register bank form a 2N-bit addition operand. The active ingredient of the charge control agent is a metal compound obtainable by reacting one or two or more molecules of a compound having a phenolic hydroxy group and one or two or more molecules of a metal alkoxide.