You should read this advice in conjunction with Avian and Pandemic Influenza, which gives more detailed advice and information.

On the other hand, I kept reading this advice in newspapers and hearing it during television performances, which is to say from the media, much as I hate to say it because "media" is such an odious word.

And neither had read this advice, posted on the Web site of the Labor Department's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (www.dol.gov/dol/pwba): "Receiving a lump sum or other distribution from your pension plan may affect your ability to receive unemployment compensation."

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