Liberty Ross displays her enviably slender pins in Emanuel Ungaro mini dress as she attends parties at Chateau Marmont

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By Nola Ojomu

Published: 17:17 EST, 2 May 2014 | Updated: 23:34 EST, 2 May 2014

She famously went through the mill as the breakdown of her marriage to Rupert Sanders was played out for the entire world to see, but Liberty Ross seems to have put her past firmly behind her.

The British-born beauty showcased her model figure in a gorgeous Emanuel Ungaro mini dress as she partied at the Chateau Marmont in La on Thursday night.

Liberty, 35, was joined by a close friend as she attended a private dinner in honour of Emanuel Ungaro's Fausto Puglisi which was hosted by Barneys New York.

Model figure: Liberty Ross showcased her svelte frame in a gorgeous Emanuel Ungaro mini dress as she partied at the Chateau Marmont in La on Thursday night

The stunning model showed off her slim frame in the distinctive dress, which featured a polka dot baby blue panel in the chest area.

She kept her make-up look simple and fresh while her long black tresses were loosely tousled.

Liberty completed the ensemble with black stiletto heels and a tiny black clutch.

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Two Craig Libertarian candidates are running for state legislative offices

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Craig residents Sacha and Travis Mero are running for House Representative District 57 and for Congressional District 3, respectively.

The married couple doesnt anticipate easy wins, but they do want to get the message out about Libertarianism and challenge the two-party system. They both got the go-ahead at the Colorado Libertarian caucus in April and will be on the November ballot.

Sacha Mero ran for the District 8 State Senate seat in 2012, and said she got 4.5 percent of the vote without any campaign funding.

That just shows how much people are fed up with our two-party system, she said.

But, now the two are working together and setting up a local Libertarian group to garner more support.

This time, we have a lot more organization, Travis Mero said.

Theyre talking to people in the districts, campaigning and raising funds. Their goal is to challenge voting along a party line and to start conversations.

A lot of people will find they lean Libertarian, Sacha Mero said.

The Meros said thats because Libertarians fall in the middle on a lot of issues. Libertarianism is about personal liberty and limiting government power, Sacha Mero said.

The couple is for broad Second Amendment rights, same-sex marriage, a womans right to choose and the legalization of drugs. They want to limit government reach, empowering local governments to have the most power.

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Justice Clarence Thomas asked to delay ruling that could impact Ohio governors race

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The Libertarian Party of Ohio has asked Justice Clarence Thomas to delay a ruling by a federal appeals court in Cincinnati which this week approved a lower courts decision to remove the partys candidates for governor and attorney general from the states primary ballot.

The party made the request just one day after Justice Elena Kagan rejected its request for a delay. The Libertarians hope Thomas will grant their appeal, a first step in having the high court hear the case before Tuesdays primary.

A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a ruling by a federal judge that Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Charlie Earl and attorney general candidate Steven Linnabary.

The decision could be a factor in the November election. If Earl is nominated, he could siphon away votes in November from Republican Gov. John Kasich in his race against Democrat Ed Fitzgerald.

Under a law approved by the Republican legislature and signed by Kasich, the Libertarians needed to file a party formation petition with more than 38,500 valid signatures. In addition, at least 500 signatures must each come from at least eight of the states congressional districts.

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Exploring genetics behind Alzheimer's resiliency

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Autopsies have revealed that some individuals develop the cellular changes indicative of Alzheimer's disease without ever showing clinical symptoms in their lifetime.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center memory researchers have discovered a potential genetic variant in these asymptomatic individuals that may make brains more resilient against Alzheimer's.

"Most Alzheimer's research is searching for genes that predict the disease, but we're taking a different approach. We're looking for genes that predict who among those with Alzheimer's pathology will actually show clinical symptoms of the disease," said principal investigator Timothy Hohman, Ph.D., a post-doctoral research fellow in the Center for Human Genetics Research and the Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center.

The article, "Genetic modification of the relationship between phosphorylated tau and neurodegeneration," was published online recently in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia.

The researchers used a marker of Alzheimer's disease found in cerebrospinal fluid called phosphorylated tau. In brain cells, tau is a protein that stabilizes the highways of cellular transport in neurons. In Alzheimer's disease tau forms "tangles" that disrupt cellular messages.

Analyzing a sample of 700 subjects from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Hohman and colleagues looked for genetic variants that modify the relationship between phosphorylated tau and lateral ventricle dilation -- a measure of disease progression visible with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). One genetic mutation (rs4728029) was found to relate to both ventricle dilation and cognition and is a marker of neuroinflammation.

"This gene marker appears to be related to an inflammatory response in the presence of phosphorylated tau," Hohman said.

"It appears that certain individuals with a genetic predisposition toward a 'bad' neuroinflammatory response have neurodegeneration. But those with a genetic predisposition toward no inflammatory response, or a reduced one, are able to endure the pathology without marked neurodegeneration."

Hohman hopes to expand the study to include a larger sample and investigate gene and protein expression using data from a large autopsy study of Alzheimer's disease.

"The work highlights the possible mechanism behind asymptomatic Alzheimer's disease, and with that mechanism we may be able to approach intervention from a new perspective. Future interventions may be able to activate these innate response systems that protect against developing Alzheimer's symptoms," Hohman said.

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