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Johnny Broke The Siege. Story with an all lifetime lesson

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     Jonny was only five years old when he lost his father Agbeli Dzidepo. The mother’s name is Asinyo Esinam, a woman of value but unfortunately financially handicapped. Even before Mrs Esi lost her husband, life has not been easy for this household even though her husband was a teacher in Living Academy Preparatory School. Johnny was a handsome and a respectful boy who took exactly after his father’s good moral. His parents were very particular about his moral upbringing and his growth academically. Unlike children who turn out to be a disappointment even when their parents work tirelessly for their upkeep, his attitude was different. At home, he is the type that would run errands for the mother and made sure he reads his notes after and before school. Johnny learnt a very common saying one day which gingers him to aspire higher even as a child. “Reading makes the man“ and “Practice makes man perfect.“ He never went a day without saying this after his morning devotion with the mother

Calculating working size of paper for any print work

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To make a print of any pre-defined size and accurately get the print to size, there has to be a little calculation into what space to leave as gripper margins for the printing machine to prevent distortion of the actual or final work. To do this, a paper called the parent sheet or stock size sheet is the one from which every printing is done. For digital printing on let's say A4, you need not worry about this but for printing to be done by the offset lithography, you've got a little bit of calculation to do.  Let's get started: What is the working size of printing? Working size refers to paper that has the finished size of a document in addition to allowance for gripping, trims etc. After printing is done, trimming is done to make sure that the final output is what a client or a job requires and this size is known as the finished size.  There are myriads of printing methods like gravure, offset lithography, letterpress and many more which demand a particular approach to a s