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  Foundation — skat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Skat is committed to the documentation and sharing of its experiences.
With this aim, Skat is supporting the Skat Foundation, a Swiss non-profit organisation promoting the sharing of knowledge and experience between partners in the developed and developing world.
The Skat Foundation is a spin-off of Skat.
www.skat-foundation.org   (201 words)

  
  Skat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Skat was developed around 1810 in Altenburg in what is now the Federal State of Thuringia, Germany and was based on the three-player game of Tarock (also known as (Tarot)and the four-player game of Sheepshead.
Skat in the United States and Canada shares most of its rules with its European counterpart with the addition of a few different games and an alternate system of scoring.
Once trump has been determined, both the skat cards are added to declarer's hand and then two are removed and placed face down to begin his or her pile of cards won.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skat   (3576 words)

  
 Skat - LoveToKnow 1911
In the home of the game of skat (Saxony and Thuringia) the old German single-ended cards are usually employed, while in north and south Germany French cards are ordinarily used.
The player has here the right to take up the skat, and to determine the suit of the game; but here the rule is that the colour must not be lower in value than that of the game offered, though it may be higher.
Skat is almost invariably played for money, and the calculation is made thus.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Skat   (1108 words)

  
 Welcome to Skat — skat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Skat is an independent Swiss organisation working in the fields of development and humanitarian aid.
Skat is contributing to the Government's decentralisation process of the water sector.
Skat's portfolio is diverse, both geographically and sectorally.
www.skat.ch   (129 words)

  
 Expertise — skat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Skat combines technical expertise with an understanding of the economic, social, and environmental context within which people use water, sanitation and solid waste management systems.
Skat has long experience in the construction and maintenance of bridges, roads and tracks and in the development of transport master plans.
Skat is experienced in assessment and analysis, and in the planning and management of interventions aimed at the improvement of livelihoods.
www.skat-foundation.org /expertise   (216 words)

  
 Duckworks Boatbuilders Supply
Skat is a small traditional looking catboat based on a similar boat in HOW TO BUILD SMALL BOATS by Edson Schock.
Skat is like the little catboat in that book but is a taped seam instant boat with a gaff rig and kick up rudder replacing the original's Marconi rig and barndoor rudder.
Skat would make some progress to windward, but not much--the chop pushed us back nearly as much as the sail pushed us forward.
www.duckworksbbs.com /plans/jim/skat/index.htm   (816 words)

  
 Slide Rule's Skat Page
Skat is a game played with a deck of 32 cards: 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - J - Q - K - A in four suits.
The first dealer for a session of Skat is determined by someone taking the initiative to pick up the deck and begin passing out cards face up to each player clockwise around the table until a jack appears.
The Skat Congress changed the loss rule in 2000 such that all losses are deductions of twice the score.
home.att.net /~elinker/skat.html   (2176 words)

  
 SKAT Skye bridge anti tolls protests, NW Scotland
SKAT was born out of this anger in much the same way as the activists of Braes and Glendale were driven by circumstance to protest.
SKAT is made up of islanders and mainland supporters from across the entire social spectrum.
SKAT are a non-political organisation, we have members who are active in all of the political parties and members who are active in none.
www.notolls.org.uk /skat/skat.htm   (2284 words)

  
 Rules of Card Games: Skat
In parts of the USA other versions of Skat survive: Texas Skat is fairly close to the German game but in Wisconsin they play a significantly different game: Tournée Skat, which was brought by immigrants from Germany in the 19th century and reflects the form of Skat which was played in Germany at that time.
The skat is not looked at until the end of the play and then goes to the winner of the last trick.
Skat is popular in Sønderjutland, the southern part of Jutland that was under German rule from 1864 to 1920.
www.pagat.com /schafk/skat.html   (6519 words)

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