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page three Two historical Marys — Mary Stuart and Mary Todd Lincoln — are each the subject of a theatrical production in Washington this month. James Still’s “The Widow Lincoln,” commissioned to mark the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination, will have its world premiere Friday at Ford’s Theatre. Peter Oswald’s acclaimed version of Friedrich Schiller’s “Mary Stuart” opens Jan. 27 at Folger Theatre. The two women shared not only a name but also a measure of trouble. We compare their complicated lives. ROGER CATLIN (FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Calling passenger safety the “number-one priority,” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s new transportation chief, Leif Dormsjo, on Friday backed away from a pledge by his predecessors to open a long-delayed streetcar line Monday. Bowser “wants to get it right, not just get it open. That’s a different mandate from the previous administration,” Dormsjo said. “There was a lot of pressure to get it open.“ Dormsjo said he is also reconsidering the plan put forth by the administration of former mayor Vincent Gray for the streetcar, which would have been free to passengers for an extended period. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

After failing for months to persuade Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder to meet with Native Americans opposed to the team’s name, a prominent civil rights organization that works closely with the National Football League is calling for the moniker to change. Leaders of the Fritz Pollard Alliance — an influential nonprofit that was instrumental in forcing the league to revise its minority-hiring practices — said they tried to discuss the issue with Snyder at an intense August meeting. Instead, they said, they were shouted down by the executive director of the foundation he created to help Native Americans. (TWP)

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has been hospitalized following a horse-riding accident over the Christmas holidays that left him with seven broken ribs and fluid around his lungs, spokesman Brian Coy said Monday. Coy said doctors had expected the weeks-old injury to heal on its own, but after identifying increased fluid around his lungs, they admitted him around noon Monday. The McAuliffe family visited one of the governor’s daughters in Zambia and later went on a safari in Tanzania, which is where the riding accident happened. Coy said McAuliffe was seen by a doctor in Tanzania but wasn’t hospitalized there. (TWP)

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thought we should leave,” he said. “Most said we should stay put.” Todd said he gathered others who wanted to escape. After pulling an escape lever, the doors pushed open. He crouched low and walked to a narrow concrete safety walkway. After several hundred feet, the smoke cleared and he saw daylight from an overhead shaft with stairs leading up. He also discovered that all but one of the people he’d led had turned back toward the station. He and the lone passenger then crossed the tracks onto a step, over the wires of the third rail, climbed a staircase and used a lever that opened a steel grate. After he emerged in daylight, Todd decided he should have gotten out sooner and encouraged more people to join. “I waited until the situation deteriorated to [becoming] an emergency escape,” he said. “I would have endeavored to make sure more people followed us. … I exited, saw a light coming behind me and assumed more were following. This was not the case.” ASHLEY HALSEY III (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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a Washington native and resident of Alexandria, who died Jan. 12 after she and hundreds of others were trapped on a smoke-filled Yellow Line train inside a tunnel just outside of L’Enfant Station. More than 80 other passengers were hospitalized. She became the first passenger to die onboard a Metro train since the 2009 Red Line crash, which killed eight passengers and a Metrorail operator. Among those who attended the service was Jonathan Rogers, one of two men who helped give CPR to Glover as she struggled

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Firefighters had to use cellphones to communicate after their radios stopped working during the rescue, according to a report released Saturday by the District. Metro had been warned four days earlier that D.C. firefighters’ radios were not working in that exact spot. First responders were not told by Metro for 20 minutes that a train filled with passengers was stranded in a tunnel, the city’s report said. In an ad titled “A Letter to Our Riders” in Sunday’s Washington Post, Metro Board Chairman Tom Downs and Interim General Manager Jack Requa promised an “absolute commitment” to a full accounting of the tragedy. (TWP)

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Shots ring out near Biden’s Delaware home Multiple gunshots were fired from a vehicle near the Wilmington, Del., home of Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday night, the U.S. Secret Service said Sunday. The vice president and his wife were not at home at the time of the shooting, authorities said. Police said there were no reports of any injuries related to the shooting. (AP)

A civil rights rally Monday in St. Louis was disrupted at points by protests.

Freezing rain leads to crashes that kill five Rain “flash-freezing” on roads and sidewalks left an icy glaze under feet and tires across much of the Northeast on Sunday, causing crashes that claimed at least five lives. The biggest crash involved 30 to 50 vehicles on Interstate 76 outside Philadelphia, and killed one person. (AP)

Montana spill sends oil into Yellowstone River Montana officials said Sunday that an oil pipeline breach spilled up to 50,000 gallons of oil into the Yellowstone River near Glendive, Mont., but they said they are unaware of any threats to public safety. (AP)

High court to decide fate of gay marriage this term The Supreme Court announced Friday it will decide whether same-sex couples have a right to marry everywhere in America. The cases will be argued in April; a decision is expected by June. (AP)

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participating in the official events, took the microphone. “I think we forgot why we was here, everyone in the building,” she said. It was the latest event showing the rift between the new crop of young black protesters using headline-grabbing tactics and older-guard civil rights activists, who favor peaceful, religioustinged demonstrations. “[The protesters] are misled and misguided individuals with a different agenda,” said Anthony Bell, a Democratic Party official and grand marshal of the march. Protesters said their actions were more appropriate for the problems faced by African-Americans today, and accused leaders of standing idly by. SANDHYA SOMASHEKHAR (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Explosive confrontations are nothing new for Israel and Lebanon, but the latest spat between the foes is perhaps the first to have been caused by an alleged photo-bomb. A seemingly innocuous selfie at the Miss Universe pageant in Miami has sparked criticism in Lebanon because it featured a smiling Miss Lebanon alongside Miss Israel. The Israeli beauty queen, Doron Matalon, posted a picture of herself with colleagues from Japan, Slovakia and Lebanon on her Instagram account. The result? A formal Lebanese investigation into the scandal. Lebanese Tourism Minister Michel Pharon said “if there was bad intentions” from Saly Greige, measures could be taken against her. Miss Lebanon says she was photo-bombed. (AP)

The drama surrounding teenage sweethearts on the run from the law ended with their arrests Saturday night in Florida. Dalton Hayes, an 18-year-old suspected of committing a string of crimes with his 13-year-old girlfriend, Cheyenne Phillips, agreed during a Monday court hearing to return to his home state of Kentucky to face charges. He’s expected to be charged with burglary, theft, criminal trespassing and criminal mischief, authorities said. (AP) MEDIA

Report: British spies kept journalists’ emails British spy agency GCHQ saved emails from journalists at BBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post and other news organizations that were gathered during a 2008 tap on fiber optic cables, the Guardian reported Monday, citing documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. (AP) GOLAN HEIGHTS, SYRIA

Hezbollah fighters killed in alleged Israel strike A prominent Hezbollah fighter was killed Sunday with five other members of the militant group in a presumed Israeli airstrike in Syria. Tehran said Monday that the strike — neither confirmed nor denied by Israel — also killed a senior Iranian general. (AP) SANAA, YEMEN

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Yemen’s U.S.-backed leadership came under threat Monday as government troops clashed with Shiite rebels near the presidential palace in what one official called “a step toward a coup.” The militants, known as Houthis, seized control of state media in fierce fighting. Ceasefire negotiations continued throughout the day, and by day’s end, a tenuous truce appeared to be holding. (AP)

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Let’s be honest: The pomp and scale of the State of the Union address is a skeleton of the past. President Barack Obama knows that there’s no utility to it. His poll numbers haven’t been helped by the speech, and its viewership is down: In 1994, Bill Clinton’s State of the Union was watched by 45.8 million people, according to Nielsen; in 2014, Obama was seen by 33.3 million. Even since 1994, the world has changed. Obama has embraced the fragmentation of the media. On Thursday, he’ll take questions from three members of a category of people known as “YouTube stars,” one whose 2012 video of her choking on cinnamon has been viewed 42 million times. (126 percent of Obama’s live 2014 SOTU audience.) It’s easy to dismiss Obama’s YouTube outreach as diminishing the status of his office, but it seems only officeholders and those on Capitol Hill who seek it think it has much status at all anymore. Confidence in the presidency at large, as measured by Gallup last year, was down from 1991 by over 40 points. But the speech is a Tradition and that Tradition reflects the Importance of the Office. So Obama walks onto the House floor, passing through an effusive crowd of legislators as they imagine themselves making that same walk, and the Great Spectacle of Washington is upheld. PHILIP BUMP

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POLITICS In his State of the Union address tonight, President Barack Obama plans to propose raising $320 billion over the next 10 years in new taxes targeting wealthy individuals and big financial institutions to pay for new programs designed to help lower- and middle-income families, senior administration officials said Saturday.

The proposals In the address, Obama will propose raising the capital gains and dividend tax rates to 28 percent for high earners; imposing a fee on the liabilities of about 100 big financial institutions; and greatly broadening the amount of inherited money subject to taxes. Obama will also seek to boost private retirement savings by requiring employers without 401(k) plans to make it easier for full-time and part-time workers to save in individual retirement accounts, which could assist as many as 30 million people. The

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administration would provide small employers tax credits to cover costs. New tax credits would help those in need of child care and households with two earners, they said, while other proposals — such as covering community college tuition — would help students.

The goals The moves would “eliminate the biggest tax loopholes and use the savings to let the middle class get ahead,” said one of the senior administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity during a conference call with reporters. This person also said that 99 percent of the impact of the tax increases would fall on the top 1 percent of earners. The ambitious — and controversial — proposals demonstrate the White House’s increasing confidence about the trajectory of the U.S. economy. For the past year and a half, it has debated how much it could trumpet the

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recovery when so many Americans have not felt any change in their own economic outlook.

The reactions The plan drew immediate fire from Republicans — and could face criticism from some Democrats — who have in the past increased the amount of money exempt from inheritance taxes they branded “death taxes.” Most Republicans have long opposed increases in capital gains rates,

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and many favor eliminating the tax altogether. “This is not a serious proposal,” wrote Brendan Buck, a spokesman for Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., in an email Saturday. “We lift families up and grow the economy with a simpler, flatter tax code, not big tax increases to pay for more Washington spending.” The administration tried to head off some of that attack by asserting that elements of the package resembled proposals endorsed by Republicans. While the president might have trouble pushing his proposals — along with others on paid sick leave and expanded broadband access — through the GOP-controlled Congress, Obama could still end up defining key issues for the elections in 2016. According to Donald Baer, chief executive of communications firm Burson-Marsteller, “The battle for the next American agenda is already on.” STEVEN MUFSON AND JULIET EILPERIN (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Max Scherzer was 18-5 with a 3.15 ERA last season for the Detroit Tigers.

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Max-imum impact THE NATIONALS HAD BEEN MOSTLY QUIET THIS OFFSEASON — seemingly heading into 2015 with pretty much the same group they had

last year. Then they acquired the best free agent starting pitcher available, signing 30-year-old, right-hander Max Scherzer to a seven-year, $210 million deal. The move makes the Nationals the favorite to win the World Series in 2015, but it also could affect the future of the franchise. Plenty of questions surround the blockbuster signing — here a few. (THE WASHINGTON POST/EXPRESS)

How is the structure of the deal helpful?

How does this affect other Nats players?

Is it smart to pay a 30-year-old pitcher?

How much better is the rotation?

Who will be the Nats’ opening day starter?

According to The Washington Post’s Barry Svrluga and Adam Kilgore, some money of the contract has been deferred, meaning Scherzer’s 2015 salary almost certainly won’t be worth the contract’s average annual value of $30 million. That would accomplish two things: it keeps the Nationals’ payroll for 2015 at a reasonablebut-competitive number, but also saves the higher salaries for future seasons, by which time a dispute with the Orioles and MASN over revenues due to the Nationals for their TV deal will be settled.

One official with knowledge of the deal indicated that although the Nationals have been willing to trade right-hander Jordan Zimmermann, the addition of Scherzer doesn’t necessarily mean they would have to deal anyone to make financial room for Scherzer. Along with Zimmermann, Ian Desmond, Doug Fister and Denard Span are all headed to free agency after the 2015 season, so they could be trade candidates if the Nats want to keep their payroll down or get something in return before they leave via free agency.

Many GMs, including the Nationals’ Mike Rizzo, are usually wary of issuing longterm deals for pitchers, who tend to decline into their late 30s. Before this winter, 14 pitchers had been issued contracts worth at least $100 million. Only three won World Series titles over the course of those deals, and there are even asterisks there. C.C. Sabathia’s title came in the first season of his contract with the Yankees, and while Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain both won titles with the Giants, Lincecum had pitched his way out of the rotation in 2012 and 2014, and Cain was hurt this past fall.

The Nationals added one of the game’s best pitchers (Scherzer’s 3.24 ERA over the past three years ranked third in baseball) to one of the game’s best rotations (Washington led all of baseball with a 3.04 ERA for its starters last year). Replacing Tanner Roark with the 2013 AL Cy Young winner is a monumental upgrade, but topping last year’s statistical success won’t come easy. Roark actually had a better ERA than Scherzer in 2014 (2.85 to 3.15). And in the postseason, the Nationals had a 0.73 starters ERA. How much can the best rotation in baseball improve?

Stephen Strasburg has drawn that assignment in the past. Last season, he ranked third — behind Scherzer and Yu Darvish — in strikeouts per nine innings. Scherzer’s 3.24 ERA over the past three seasons is behind only Clayton Kershaw and Felix Hernandez. Zimmermann closed last season by throwing the first no-hitter in club history and had a 2.66 ERA in 2014 — better than Strasburg and Scherzer. Those three will likely front a rotation that will also include Fister and Gio Gonzalez, either of whom could serve as an opening day starter on another team.

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With Max Scherzer joining the Nationals, Washington could have one of the best starting rotations in recent history. Here are a few of the best pitching staffs since 2000. JEFFREY TOMIK (EXPRESS)

3 2011 Giants Starters ERA: 3.28

A year after winning it all, the Giants didn’t even make the playoffs. But it wasn’t their rotation’s fault. Four starters had a 3.21 ERA or better.

2 2002 Braves Starters ERA: 3.42

John Smoltz was the closer (saving 55 games), while starters Tom Glavine, Kevin Millwood and Greg Maddux each had at least 16 wins.

1 2011 Phillies Starters ERA: 2.86

Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels each had a sub3.00 ERA and finished in the top five in Cy Young voting. No. 5 starter Vance Worley was 11-3 with a 3.01 ERA.

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Brooks Laich and the Capitals lost consecutive games for the first time in a month and a half.

getting away with wins, getting away with giving up a couple 2-on-1s and our goaltender making a save, getting away with six or seven penalties and still being able to eek out a win. All of a sudden, our luck’s run out a little bit.” Regardless, the Capitals (2413-8) are fairly pleased with their position in the Eastern Conference. The gaps between them and the Metropolitan Division teams they are chasing have shrunken considerably as they approach this week’s All-Star break. “We’re fighting with some real tough teams,” forward Troy

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Brouwer said. “We play the Islanders [one more time], Pittsburgh [three] times, the Rangers [three] more times. ... I like where the first half of our season’s gone. I think we’re trending in the right way.” For the Capitals to continue progressing, though, recent defects must be corrected. “We had a good stretch here, you sort of get away with stuff,” coach Barry Trotz said. “When you’re winning, you don’t see them and it’s hard to correct them until you lose a couple games and when you lose a couple, it brings clarity.” ADAM VINGAN (FOR EXPRESS)

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NFL The N F L is i nvestigati ng whether the Patriots deflated footballs that were used in their AFC championship game victory over the Colts. “We are looking into it,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy wrote in an email to The Associated Press on Monday. “We do not have anything further to add at this point.”

The inquiry was first reported by the website for WTHR-TV in Indiana, citing an unnamed source. “We’ll cooperate fully with whatever the league wants us to, whatever questions they ask,” caoch Bill Belichick said Monday during his regular conference call with reporters. He said he was unaware there was an issue until Monday morning. The Patriots have come under scrutiny with regards to NFL rules in the past, most infamously when they were

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punished for videotaping sideline signals used by the Jets during a 2007 game. Belichick was fined $500,000, and the team was docked $250,000 and stripped of its 2008 first-round draft pick. Deflating a football could change the way it would be gripped by a player or the way it travels through the air. On his regular weekly appearance Monday on WEEI radio, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said: “I think I’ve heard it all at this point. … That’s the last of my worries. I don’t even respond to stuff like this.” HOWARD FENDRICH (AP)

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Wizards get up early, coast to an easy victory Marcin Gortat scored 20 points, John Wall, left, had 11 points and 10 assists and the Wizards beat the overmatched 76ers on Monday. Washington went on a 20-3 run for a 27-11 lead late in the first quarter and coasted to the win. After closing the gap to 16 points with three minutes to play in the third quarter, the 76ers allowed the Wizards to go on a 14-0 run to give them an 85-55 lead just before the end of the period. Washington coach Randy Wittman removed his starters after three quarters. (AP) Astros trade OF Dexter Fowler to Cubs

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Take the physical challenges

New products come full of fruits, nuts, seeds and other healthful ingredients Foods. Now that they’ve transferred production to a West Coast co-packer, the $3 goodies are rolling out to stores across the country (and Canada). It would be a crazy story — except for the fact that other local bar-makers are experiencing similar success. Nearly as ubiquitous is Ever Bar, which launched in 2014 and is already in 80 stores, boasts founder Alex Hempfield. The University of Maryland grad wanted to raise awareness of hemp. “I was tired of the lies being told to the public,” Hempfield says. (And yes, that’s also why he legally changed his last name two years ago.) He spent a year playing with 2,000 recipes to develop a bar that could showcase hemp’s nutritional qualities and taste great. The resulting Ever Bars are now “handcrafted” in Gaithersburg. Two other growing companies, Kate Bakes (gluten-free, vegan bars) and Out of the Box Bakery (which specializes in paleofriendly treats), share a Northern Virginia kitchen space. As D.C. becomes increasingly health-conscious, such community ties matter, Kathleen Hodge says. That’s why, to promote the

Not sure your workout is doing the trick? Here are two ways to find out:

D.C.’s bar scene

Gold’s Gym is inviting folks to see where they stand with its new Fit Test. The five-part quiz — at goldsgym.com — asks you to perform pushups, squats, step-ups, crunches and pullups (or a bent-arm hang for women), then reports your “fit score” based on how you did. Your goal: to reach a ranking of “Gold Standard.”

Gal pals Debbi Ascher and Jen Burnstein didn’t cut any corners with CharmedBar. But their three flavors — Apple-rageous, Crandipity and Cherry-licious — come in a distinctive round shape. “Handmade in small batches” is the motto of Kate Bakes, a lineup of six gluten-free, vegan bars. This week, owner Katelyn Sornik plans to introduce a new flavor made with pulp from green juice. Sornik shares kitchen space with Out of the Box Bakery. Amanda Smith’s paleo-friendly biz also makes cakes and cookies, but the top sellers are the grab-and-go bars, designed to fuel a workout. The not-so-secret ingredient in Ever Bar is hemp, “a powerhouse of nutrients,” says Alex Hempfield, who’s developed three flavors: Almond N’ Cranberry, Green Power and Blueberry Cashew. You can soon bite into Mission: Bars, which are headed to stores after a crowdfunding campaign. With quinoa, coconut and chia, they’re ideal for athletes, says co-founder Kathleen Hodge.

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NUTRITION “These are the best!” squealed Casey Dlott, 29, popping a bite of CharmedBar’s Apple-rageous into her mouth. Even if samples hadn’t been up for grabs at Glen’s Garden Market in Dupont Circle, a few of the snacks would have ended up in her basket. She’s already been buying them by the box: “It’s the trifecta. All-natural ingredients, filling and delicious.” There are quite a few more adjectives that can be added to that list, says CharmedBar co-creator Debbi Ascher, who has struggled with digestive issues for decades. She developed the bars — with her friend and Gaithersburg, Md., neighbor Jen Burnstein — because she could eat only foods free of gluten, grains, soy, dairy and refined sugars. Finding something that fit those criteria and that she could stick into her purse? Forget about it, Ascher says. So, a year and a half ago, when the duo baked up their first batch of bars using nut butters, fruit, coconut and spices, they wondered whether other people might want to try them, too. Turns out the answer was yes. CharmedBar’s lineup quickly won over D.C.-area shops and grocery stores, including Whole

The need to cut out gluten and dairy led to the launch of both Charmed Bar and Kate Bakes.

launch of her Mission: Bars next month, the brand is offering free yoga every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Lululemon in Georgetown. “There’s definitely a bar scene here,” Hodge says. “But we all have a different take on what we’re doing so we can co-exist.” VICKY HALLETT (EXPRESS)

Denizens Brewing in Silver Spring to hold wellness open house Saturday featuring free yoga, acupuncture and beer

Try to win a prize in the YMCA Anthony Bowen’s plank contest on Thursday. The core competition is part of an open house that’s set for 5-8 p.m. at 1325 W St. NW. Participants can also take advantage of free small-group training demos, body composition assessments and eating tips. (EXPRESS)

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fit+wellness Should you bag the braggart? Q. My friend is very braggy.

BEN CLAASSEN III

But she has a ton to brag about. She’s good-looking, has a lot of guys interested in her, is brilliant at her job and throws the best parties. Part of this is why I like her — things are exciting when I’m with her. But other friends say she’s a narcissist who surrounds herself with people she feels are inferior and I’m being used. SECOND FIDDLE

DR. ANDREA BONIOR | BAGGAGE CHECK

You just have to be the bigger boss Q. After many years of working under a toxic boss, I am now in a position of power over her. I’m finding it difficult to not be vindictive. She’s pretending like she thinks I’m amazing and that she couldn’t be happier to be under me. What a joke. I find I’m still resentful of her and want to make her pay. Wouldn’t everyone have this urge? How do I stop it? IT’S TEMPTING, VA. No doubt this urge is real. But — and I’m surprised you haven’t seemed to acknowledge this by now — she’s paying already. You’ve won. You’re her boss now, and that alone is every bit of lemonade that you can squeeze from the lemon of dealing with her for so many years. The upkeep of her fakey, sugary-sweet persona must be making her sick,

and I wouldn’t be surprised if she didn’t last the year under you. Ultimately, modeling how a boss should be gives you the most decisive victory, by far. If you were to do anything unsavory, you’d simply be giving her ammunition to use against you. And a toxic person would find a way to use that ammunition in a heartbeat. Don’t let her snatch your victory away.

Your other friends could have all kinds of reasons for criticizing this friendship — genuine concern that it’s not healthy for you, jealousy of you (over your invites to these Pinterest-worthy soirees), jealousy of the braggy friend (over everything). But the key here is what you make of your friend’s bragginess, and whether it interferes with being your best self. Is her star sparkly enough that being in her orbit is worth it? Do you feel supported by her, or like a black hole in comparison? At some point, it’s basic friendship calculus. Is your relationship balanced and reciprocal? Do you genuinely like and trust her, and feel like you can be yourself without judgment? Does she help make you the person you want to be? Send your questions for Baggage Check to Dr. Andrea Bonior at baggage@ wpost.com. Andrea is a local clinical psychologist and author of the book “The Friendship Fix” (friendshipfix.com).

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Take the Next Step Want one more dose of booty shaking before the weekend’s over? Makers Lab —

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Joined a gym just for classes? FACILITIES If you’re the sort of person who belongs to a gym but never steps onto an elliptical or lies back on a weight bench, you’re probably not getting such a good deal, says Andy Schaefer, who spent the past decade working at fullservice health clubs. The boutique fitness studios that have cropped up in recent years make more sense for the “I just want to take classes” crowd. But there’s a drawback to that setup, Schaefer adds. Most of

those studios specialize in just one thing — yoga, barre, boot camp — so getting a varied workout requires running all over town. That’s why Schaefer is trying a different approach with Next Phase Group Ex, which recently opened in Bethesda: It’s a gym exercise studio, minus the rest of the gym. And you pay by the class, rather than a monthly fee. After gyrating through a recent hourlong dance cardio class, Catherine McCallum wiped the sweat from her brow and proclaimed her love for the concept. “I don’t need a tennis court or basketball,” the 49-year-old Bethesda resident said. “I need consistent instruction.”

At Next Phase Group Ex (7610 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda), a class is $17. Multipacks and monthly passes are available. This Saturday at 1 p.m., Next Phase hosts Gilt City’s AKT InMotion event. The $45 ticket includes a dance class and lunch. V.H.

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Hiring the right mix of trainers is a priority for Schaefer, who wants to put only stars in charge of the 2,000-square-foot studio. Their expertise combined with the right equipment, including TRX suspension trainers, kettlebells and Bosu balls, makes it possible to offer a wide range

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of classes, and Schaefer is open to introducing other formats. “I’ve been coming every day, and every day I’ve done something different,” Kia Ramarui, 19, marveled after surviving her first TRX session last week. Because of the emphasis on personal attention — instructors

IMMUNITY

It’s not perfect, but give it a shot Turns out this season’s flu vaccine was kind of a dud. It reduced a recipient’s chance of having to visit the doctor because of the flu by only 23 percent (rather than the typical 60), according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Public health officials insist that those who get vaccinated are still better off than those who skip it. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

make hands-on corrections, learn students’ names and happily modify moves — it isn’t intimidating to try new things, added her classmate Kate Marino, 40. The atmosphere has helped Marino feel comfortable taking advantage of the on-site child care ($4 an hour), an amenity she had never used at a gym before. Older kids will soon have a reason to come to Next Phase, too: Youth and teen classes are about to be added to the schedule. It’ll be a test of how Next Phase can do with the next generation. VICKY HALLETT (EXPRESS)

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Jazzercise updates its logo and lineup of class options What won’t you find at Jazzercise studios anymore? A class called Jazzercise. The brand’s standard offering has been renamed “Dance Mixx” to reflect the varied musical styles and muscle-toning moves incorporated into the workouts. Renee McDonald, owner of the Arlington Jazzercise Center, says the switch (which took effect Jan. 1 along with a logo redesign) is already luring new students. She’s excited to introduce them to other formats Jazzercise has devised, including Strength60, which is all strength moves: “We fatigue every muscle group we can.” (EXPRESS) NUTRITION

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1986: The United States observes the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who had been assassinated 18 years prior.

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Lindsay Lohan is starring in a commercial for Esurance, a subsidiary of Allstate that gives carinsurance quotes, TMZ reported. The website speculated that the ad, which was shot in Long Beach, Calif., will air during the Super Bowl, and that it could make reference to Lohan’s many carrelated incidents. TMZ cited her two 2007 DUIs, an accident in 2010 in which she hit a baby stroller and three incidents in 2012. In an article titled “How Does Lindsay Lohan Still Have A Drivers License?,” the auto-news website Jalopnik counted seven incidents between 2007 and 2012. (EXPRESS)

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‘Gays only have sex on their birthdays, right?’ Billy Crystal told reporters Sunday during a panel at the Television Critics Association that there’s too much graphic gay sex on TV, The Wrap reported. “I hope people don’t abuse it and shove it in our face … to the point where it feels like an every day kind of thing.” He refused to name television shows he felt were overdoing it. (EXPRESS)

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