More than 1,000 tons of bomb-grade plutonium and uranium remain in the former Soviet Union, half stored in its raw form and half inside 20,000 bombs.
It has more than 160 metric tons in all, roughly half contained in weapons and the other half stored under less than ideally secure conditions.
They buy upscale vintage clothing at fanciful boutiques like Dulcetfig (No. 41; 65-6396-5648; www.dulcetfig.com) and check out the latest offerings from Singapore's independent interior designers at Pluck (No. 31/33; 65-6396-4048; www.pluck.com.sg), which is half store, half ice cream parlor.
The crime prevention council said the campaign was prompted by recent school shootings, paired with new research showing that 66percentto75percentcent of gun owners view safe storage as an important issue, but almost half store their weapons improperly.
The brain was divided in half, with one half placed in fixative, and the other half stored frozen.
One half of the brain was placed into 10% formal saline for histology, and the other half stored at -80°C.
The tumor tissues and matched normal tissues were collected after surgery, half of the surgically resected sample was formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded and another half stored at −80°C.
"Half the stores have closed, so nobody has money," she said.
Last year, more than half its stores were closed, leaving about 100.
Meidar believes the company should shut nearly half its stores over the next two years, leaving it with about 30.
