Splinter injuries are common, but larger and deeper splinters are often difficult and painful to remove at home. These splinters often present as a foreign body embedded in the superficial or...

A foreign body (FB) is any object (e.g., splinter, fishhook, glass shard) that becomes embedded in the skin. Splinters are a common type of FB, especially in children.

A splinter raise is an unusual jump that shows four-card or longer support for the last bid suit, game-going values and shortness (a singleton or void) in the suit in which the jump occurred.

What makes it a splinter? • An unusual jump into a new suit. • First round splinter is alertable. 3NT. If end up as the declaring side, should make a delayed alert before the opening lead.

Following a one no-trump opening bid and a transfer completion, responder can splinter (single jump bid) with a good 6-card suit to invite opener with a suitable hand (known as an auto- or self- splinter).

Contact responsible school authority & parent/guardian. • Remove with clean this causes student pain. • Do NOT probe under skin. Was the entire splinter or piece of pencil If you are able, save the splinter …

Just like Jacoby 2NT, these splinters are artificial bids that show at least 4-card support for Opener’s Major suit and game forcing values, allowing the partnership to explore for slam below the level of …