Dudek Action
Dudek is a surname of Slavic origin, coming from the territories of Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia. From Polish it means "a hoopoe". The Czech/Slovak feminine form is Dudková. People * Alyson Dudek (born 1990), American speed skater * Anne Dudek (born 1975), American actress * Dariusz Dudek (born 1975), Polish footballer * Gerd Dudek (1938–2022), German jazz tenor * Gregory Dudek, Canadian computer science/robotics researcher * Jerzy Dudek (born 1973), Polish footballer * Joe Dudek (born 1964), American football player * Les Dudek (born 1952), American guitarist * Leland Dudek (appointed 2025), American public servant, interim Social Security Administration commissioner * Louis Dudek (1918-2001), Canadian poet * Michal Dudek (born 1990), Czech speedway rider * Patryk Dudek (born 1992), Polish speedway rider * Paulina Dudek (born 1997), Polish footballer * Sebastian Dudek (born 1980), Polish footballer Other uses * Dudek Paragliders Dudek Paragliders (until 26 Ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Slavic Languages
The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavs, Slavic peoples and their descendants. They are thought to descend from a proto-language called Proto-Slavic language, Proto-Slavic, spoken during the Early Middle Ages, which in turn is thought to have descended from the earlier Proto-Balto-Slavic language, linking the Slavic languages to the Baltic languages in a Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic group within the Indo-European family. The current geographical distribution of natively spoken Slavic languages includes the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe, and all the way from Western Siberia to the Russian Far East. Furthermore, the diasporas of many Slavic peoples have established isolated minorities of speakers of their languages all over the world. The number of speakers of all Slavic languages together was estimated to be 315 million at the turn of the twenty-first century. It is the largest and most d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Les Dudek
Les Dudek (born August 2, 1952, at Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, United States) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. In addition to his solo material, Dudek has played guitar with Steve Miller Band, The Dudek-Finnigan-Krueger Band, Stevie Nicks, Cher, Boz Scaggs, The Allman Brothers Band, Maria Muldaur, Bobby Whitlock, Mike Finnigan, Jim Krueger and Dave Mason. Early years Dudek's father Harold came from Campbell, Nebraska, and was a World War II veteran in the United States Navy. His mother Alma, of Brooklyn, was a former Radio City Music Hall Rockette. Les has one older sister, Sandy. The family is of Czech, German, Italian, and Russian descent. Six years after Les was born, his father retired from the Navy and the family moved to Auburndale, Florida, where he grew up. Musical career The Beatles caught Dudek's ear at an early age. In 1962, at the age of ten, Les asked his parents for a guitar for Christmas. They bought him an acoustic guitar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dudek Paragliders
Dudek Paragliders (until 26 May 2006 called Dudek Paragliding) is a Polish aircraft manufacturer based near Bydgoszcz and founded by Piotr Dudek, Wojtek Domanski, and Darek Filipowicz on August 22, 1995. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders, rescue parachutes and paragliding harnesses.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 14. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. In 2016 the two managing partners of the company were Wojtek Domanski and Piotr Dudek. Domanski has been the leader of Polish Paramotor Team at the World and European Championships since 2005 and was the sport director of the World Paramotor Championships that were held at Łomża in 2008. He was also the Polish delegate to CIMA microlight committee and in 2010, was elected president of the paramotor subcommittee at CIMA. He is the founder of the European Paramotor League project, which later became the World League Cup. Piotr Dudek has b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sebastian Dudek
Sebastian Dudek (born 19 January 1980) is a Polish professional footballer who plays for Warta Kamieńskie Młyny as a midfielder. During the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, he scored a top corner goal against Dundee United, which secured his team's place in the next round. Career His career began in 1998, when he joined the team Promień Żary. Honours Śląsk Wrocław * Ekstraklasa: 2011–12 *Ekstraklasa Cup: 2009 Zawisza Bydgoszcz * Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...: 2013–14 References External links * 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Żary Footballers from Lubusz Voivodeship Men's association football midfielders Polish men's footballers Promień Żary players Śląsk Wrocław players Widzew Łódź players Zawisza ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paulina Dudek
Paulina Dudek (born 16 June 1997) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain and the Poland national team. Club career Dudek is a youth academy graduate of Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski. She joined Medyk Konin prior to the 2014–15 season and went on to win three consecutive Ekstraliga titles with the club. On 7 May 2017, she scored her first hat-trick in a 5–0 league win against AZS PWSZ Wałbrzych. In January 2018, she joined French club Paris Saint-Germain. International career Dudek captained Poland under-17 team to victory at the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. She has also been capped by Poland national team, with appearances during 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers. Career statistics International :''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dudek goal.'' Honours Medyk Konin * Ekstraliga: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 *Polish ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Patryk Dudek
Patryk Dudek (; born 20 June 1992) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of the Poland national speedway team, Polish national speedway team. Career Dudek's father, Sławomir Dudek, Sławomir, was a professional rider and Patryk gained his speedway licence in 2008. Dudek won 2009 and 2010 Team Speedway Junior European Championship, Team U-19 European Champion and 2009 Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship, 2009 Individual Under-21 Polish Champion titles. In June 2014, Dudek tested positive for a banned substance following a Polish league match against Stal Gorzów. He was subsequently issued a 12-month ban by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM from all international speedway competitions, starting that August. The substance was later revealed to be Methylhexanamine, a drug commonly used as a dietary supplement. He returned to competition once his ban was lifted in August 2015. In September 2016, during the Speedway Grand Prix Qual ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michal Dudek
Michal Dudek (born 20 September 1990) is a Czech motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Czech junior national team. Career details World Championships * Individual U-21 World Championship ** ''2008 - 16th place in the Qualifying Round 3'' ** ''2009 - 15th place in the Qualifying Round 4'' * Team U-21 World Championship (U-21 Speedway World Cup) ** 2009 - Gorzów Wlkp. - ''the Final will be on 5 September (started in the Semi-Final)'' European Championships * Individual U-19 European Championship ** ''2008 - 13th place in the Semi-Final 1'' ** 2009 - Tarnów - 16th place (0 pts) * Team U-19 European Championship ** ''2008 - 4th place in the Semi-Final 2'' ** 2009 - Holsted - 4th place (2 pts) See also * Czech Republic national speedway team World Longtrack Championship Qualifying Round * 2015 (13th) 4pts * 2017 (20th) 5pts Team Championship * 2015 Mühldorf (6th) 3/30pts (Rode with Richard Wolff, Josef Franc, Michal Skurla). * 2017 Roden Roden ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Louis Dudek
Louis Dudek, (February 6, 1918 – March 23, 2001) was a Canadian poet, academic, and publisher known for his role in defining Modernism in poetry, and for his literary criticism. He was the author of over two dozen books. In ''A Digital History of Canadian Poetry,'' writer Heather Prycz said that "As a critic, teacher and theoretician, Dudek influenced the teaching of Canadian poetry in most anadianschools and universities". Life Dudek was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Vincent and Stanislawa Dudek, part of an extended Catholic family which had emigrated from Poland, and was raised in that city's East End.William H. New,Dudek, Louis" ''Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada'' (Toronto: U of Toronto P, 2002), 316-317, Google Books, Web, May 6, 2011. He was lean and sickly as a child, which made him introverted and unusually sensitive. His mother died at 31, when he was eight. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Social Security Administration
The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government that administers Social Security (United States), Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability and survivor benefits. The Social Security Administration was established by the Social Security Act of 1935 and is codified in (). It was created in 1935 as the "Social Security Board", then assumed its present name in 1946. Its current leader is Commissioner Frank Bisignano. SSA offers its services to the public through 1,200 field offices, a website, and a national toll-free number. Field offices, which served 43 million individuals in 2019, were reopened on April 7, 2022 after being closed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. SSA is headquartered in Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, Woodlawn, Maryland, just to the west of Baltimore, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Leland Dudek
Leland "Lee" Dudek (born 1976/1977)Kaplan, Juliana; Reed Alexander, Dakin Campbell"The future of America's biggest safety net is in the hands of a career bureaucrat and a hard-charging finance titan" ''Business Insider'', April 28, 2025. is an American public servant who served as the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA). Prior to this, he worked for the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and in the SSA's anti-fraud office. Educated at the Catholic University of America and National Defense University, Dudek worked as an analyst in information technology, cybersecurity, and fraud prevention for the United States federal government. Dudek provided the Department of Government Efficiency information without authorization and was placed under investigation for it, but President Donald Trump appointed him commissioner. Dudek reduced research funding and demoted executives opposed to him and threatened to cease the SSA's operations. He has feuded ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joe Dudek
Joseph Anthony Dudek (born January 22, 1964) is an American former professional football player. Dudek received national attention when he was featured on the cover of ''Sports Illustrated'' December 2, 1985, issue as the magazine's pick for the Heisman Trophy after he broke Walter Payton's NCAA record for career touchdowns. Dudek finished ninth in the voting, the best result ever for a non- Division I player. Dudek finished his collegiate career with ten school records. He holds the NCAA record for career 100-yard rushing games (30) and games with two or more touchdowns (24). Plymouth State went 37–6 during his time there, reaching the Eastern College Athletic Conference playoffs twice and earning their first-ever NCAA playoff appearance. Dudek's number 22 was the first to be retired at Plymouth State College. Dudek played two games for the Denver Broncos in 1987 (during the 1987 NFL players' strike), rushing for 154 yards and two touchdowns. Dudek was elected to the Coll ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate Humid continental climate, continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. It was formally recognized as an Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became Kingdom of Bohemia, a kingdom in 1198. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, all of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown were gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy. Nearly a hundred years later, the Protestantism, Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. After the Battle of White ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |