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• Spring Birds of Alaska

  This year’s migrating birds have just arrived back in Alaska. Arctic terns, sandhill cranes, and snowgeese among others. There are roads right alongside both areas, hence the car sounds. Filmed in Palmer and at Potter Marsh in Anchorage during late April and early May of 2009 with a Sony Ex-1. Spring [...]
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  Posted: May 15, 2009, 6:00am EDT
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• Who is Bob Poe?

  I asked Bob Poe this question when I met him fo the first time last week in Kodiak. Poe’s running for Governor of Alaska in 2010 against Sarah Palin. Filmed in Kodiak, Alaska April 24th, 2009. [...]
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  Posted: May 01, 2009, 7:39am EDT
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• Shawn Dochtermann - Kodiak, Alaska fisherman

  Kodiak, Alaska fisherman Shawn Dochtermann on crooked ex-senator Ted Stevens, crab rationalization, and the smell of bait. Filmed by Dennis Zaki in Kodiak April 23rd, 2009. Shawn Dochtermann - Kodiak, Alaska fisherman from Dennis Zaki on Vimeo. [...]
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  Posted: April 29, 2009, 9:15am EDT
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• CNN’s “News to me” about Emmonak

  I was on a new CNN show over the weekend called “News to me“. They interviewed me while I was filming along the Seward Highway near Girdwood. The did a very good job of reporting the story and used lots of my video. Embedded video from CNN Video [...]
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  Posted: March 09, 2009, 8:22am EDT
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• Fur Rondy reindeer race

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  CNN used some of my film of the “Running of the Reindeer” race in downtown Anchorage last Sunday. Embedded video from CNN Video [...]
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  Posted: March 03, 2009, 11:24am EST
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• Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski press conferences 2/20/09

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  “I need President Obama to succeed. This country needs him to succeed, because if he fails, the economic recession that we are in now gets worse,” Murkowski said. “If I were to go to work every morning with the thought in mind that what we need to do is tear [...]
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  Posted: February 22, 2009, 8:38am EST
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• Mark Begich at a Veterans listening session

  US Senator Mark Begich on the Republican’s shenanigans that took place during the Stimulus bill negotiations. [...]
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  Posted: February 17, 2009, 6:24pm EST
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• Timelapse of Alaska’s Cook Inlet -Turnagain Arm - Portage Valley

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  Shot some film yesterday around Anchorage. Mostly timelapses. It takes around 15 minutes of real time to record 10 seconds of video for a timelapse. My video camera, the Sony EX-1, has a setting where I can shoot one shot every second. Cook Inlet -Turnagain Arm - Portage Valley Timelapse [...]
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  Posted: February 14, 2009, 7:09pm EST
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• Governor Sarah Palin on the Stimulus bill

  I interviewed Alaska governor Sarah Palin for CNN about the Stimulus bill moving through Congress. 2/08/09. It took place during the IronDog race in Big Lake, Alaska. Couldn’t do anything about the backgound noise. I had to interview her in the VIP area near the loudspeakers since she was mobbed [...]
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  Posted: February 12, 2009, 2:31am EST
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• Reporter bloopers

  Some great clips from newscasts. [...]
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  Posted: February 11, 2009, 9:11am EST
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• CNN reporter Mallory Simon on rural Alaska

  CNN.com reporter Mallory Simon sits down with anchor Mellissa Long to discuss the energy crisis in rural Alaska. Embedded video from CNN Video [...]
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  Posted: February 10, 2009, 5:05am EST
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• More Emmonak on CNN

  From my trip to Emmonak, Alaska two weeks ago. CNN used more of my film and posted a full story about the crisis out there. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/09/rural.alaska.villages/index.html Thousands of villagers in rural Alaska are struggling to survive, forced to choose between keeping their families warm and keeping their stomachs full, residents say. Harvested nuts [...]
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  Posted: February 09, 2009, 8:30pm EST
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• CNN uses my Emmonak film

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  CNN uses my Emmonak footage Ignatius Hootch was severely injured at work and then got laid off, like most every other laborer in Emmonak. One of the kids has a severe medical condition that keeps the family on edge. There are about 7 or 8 kids. They are a great example [...]
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  Posted: February 07, 2009, 9:10am EST
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• Another Don Young aide fingered as a criminal

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  Unindicted Congressman and serial criminal Don Young has had another aide of his fingered by the feds as having received bribes. When will the axe fall on Coconut Don’s neck? From the AP A second former staffer to an Alaska congressman has been implicated in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling investigation as the scandal [...]
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  Posted: February 02, 2009, 12:24pm EST
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• New Poll: Republicans Want Party To Be Like Palin

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  Good luck with that Republicans. They just don’t get it do they? From Rasmussen Reports Coming off a shellacking at the polls in November, the plurality of GOP voters (43%) say their party has been too moderate over the past eight years, and 55% think it should become more like Alaska [...]
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  Posted: February 02, 2009, 11:12am EST
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• Emmonak, Alaska teacher Judith Michaels

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  Emmonak, Alaska school teacher Judith Michaels on the potential of her Yupik Eskimo students. I went to Emmonak to document the fuel/food crisis affecting the villagers and failure of the State of Alaska, and its officials, to grasp the situation. More videos to follow. [...]
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  Posted: January 30, 2009, 4:31am EST
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• Convicted criminal Ted Stevens now a cowboy?

  From the Washington Times : “Ted Stevens is currently residing in Congress, Arizona, at his mother-in-law’s ranch,” reveals our source on Capitol Hill. “He drove a U-Haul there from Washington with the contents of his office … which he is going to store there. Ted is also roping cattle … [...]
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  Posted: January 29, 2009, 10:31am EST
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• Dennis Zaki blog back online

  I’m back to blogging. More posted later today including some videos from Emmonak, Alaska and the severe crisis the villagers are facing. [...]
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  Posted: January 27, 2009, 11:18am EST
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• Sarah Palin defenders on Faux “News” are morons

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  Posted: September 04, 2008, 7:57am EDT
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• Biden: Criminal charges in Bush’s future

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  Posted: September 04, 2008, 4:38am EDT
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• CNN’s Campbell Brown nails McCain hack

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  Posted: August 31, 2008, 11:25am EDT
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• Reporter shot, continues reporting

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  Posted: August 14, 2008, 5:28pm EDT
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• The Coast Guard’s Arctic Domain Awareness Flights

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  Posted: August 10, 2008, 6:56am EDT
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• Ted Stevens’ Last Stand

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  Posted: August 05, 2008, 4:01pm EDT
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• Phillip Munger and Ted’s Tubes

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  Posted: July 30, 2008, 4:01am EDT
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• Ted Stevens goes down

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  Posted: July 30, 2008, 7:12pm EDT
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• Fixed “News” exposed for douchebaggery - Again

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  Posted: July 25, 2008, 2:28pm EDT
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• Coconut Don gives himself a “Hero of the Taxpayer” award

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  Posted: July 25, 2008, 8:23am EDT
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• Alaska Women’s Political Caucus starring Coconut Don

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  Posted: July 21, 2008, 6:52am EDT
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• Governor’s Picnic In Anchorage

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  Posted: July 20, 2008, 4:32am EDT
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• The Sarah Glare

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  Posted: July 19, 2008, 4:05am EDT
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• War Crimes Trials In Bush’s Future

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  Posted: July 13, 2008, 3:57am EDT
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• Anti-gay Republican caught being gay. Gay Old Party exposed again

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  Posted: July 11, 2008, 8:01pm EDT
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• Scumbag of the year - 8 years running

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  Posted: July 10, 2008, 4:25pm EDT
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• Shannyn Moore lands at 106.5 KWHL

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  Posted: July 10, 2008, 6:40pm EDT
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• The GOP just credentialed AlaskaReport too

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  Posted: July 08, 2008, 5:33am EDT
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• The Kenai river is dead, the scenery isn’t

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  Posted: July 08, 2008, 6:40pm EDT
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• Amen to that

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  Posted: July 07, 2008, 7:39pm EDT
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• Zaki Burger Recipe

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  Posted: July 05, 2008, 11:50am EDT
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• Zimbabwe Vote Rigging

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  Posted: July 05, 2008, 4:06am EDT
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• Happy 4th of July

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  Posted: July 04, 2008, 10:17am EDT
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• Ted Stevens and Sarah Palin presser

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  Posted: July 03, 2008, 6:23pm EDT
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• Kohring heads to prison

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  Posted: June 30, 2008, 11:44am EDT
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• Coconut Don On FISA

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  Posted: June 30, 2008, 6:30pm EDT
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• McCain tops himself

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  Posted: June 29, 2008, 7:24pm EDT
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• Vic Kohring show hits the road

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  Posted: June 27, 2008, 4:35pm EDT
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• Truth hurts Republicans

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  Posted: June 27, 2008, 4:23am EDT
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• Rachelle Waterman Update

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  Posted: June 26, 2008, 6:07pm EDT
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• Mechele Linehan “Snapped”

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  Posted: June 23, 2008, 3:49pm EDT
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• Wild Alaska Iris Flower

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  Posted: June 22, 2008, 9:09pm EDT
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