it began with her autobiography, the year's number one selling nonfiction book. her advance was $1 million. her deal as a fox commentator is confidential. one industry insider claims fox paid her half a million bucks up front with the potential to earn more. this week palin signed what is reported to be an $8 million deal with the discovery channel. palin will host an eight-part series about her home state of alaska. it gives her that much more visibility in an attracted and carefully controlled venue leaving her plenty of time to run for president in 2012. two years after she burst into the nation's consciousness, she's going to have to decide whether she can afford to cut back to a president's salary, $400,000 a year. vice president joe bide has been taking lumps for his recent gaffe. it turns out he has company. of? the integrity of its design... or how it responds... in extreme situations? the deeper you look, the more you see the real differences. and the more you understand what it means