Winners

1.OHSU grant writers got good news this week when Pill Hill president Peter Kohler was named to the National Advisory Council on Research Resources. The council, part of the National Institutes of Health, helps steer funds to medical research.

2. Computer-savvy fans of frontier expeditions are in for a treat. As a supplement to its documentary on the Lewis & Clark trek, PBS has launched a new Web site (www.pbs.org/lewisandclark) that includes maps, calendars, journal entries and interviews with historians. The Dec. 1 issue of Business Week raved about the site, calling it a "history buff's dream."

3. Linda Peters isn't getting a free ride in next spring's Democratic primary after all. Portland lawyer David Wu, who also has his sights set on the 1st Congressional District, has picked up the endorsement of two folks who dropped out of the race: state Sen. Joan Dukes and state Rep. Tim Josi.

Map from Lewis & Clark web site

Losers

1. Not only is he stuck with perhaps the league's worst team, the 1-13 Golden State Warriors, but this week ex-Blazer coach P.J. Carlesimo was assaulted twice (choked and punched) by his best player, Latrell Sprewell, who makes JR Rider look like MR Rogers. If you thought coach C was poor pitiful PJ in Portland, now he's a big-time loser, baby.

2. Japan's Federal Trade Commission raided Nike's Japanese offices last week as part of an investigation into local retailers' claims that Nike is violating antitrust law. Japanese retailers say sales of Nike shoes have slumped, and they claim the company has tried to prevent them from lowering prices by threatening to stop supplying the shoes. It is a violation of Japanese antitrust law to tell retailers how much to charge.

3.Unscrupulous foreign
 shipping magnates may think twice about docking in Portland. As noted in the Nov. 25 issue of The Asian Reporter, representatives of the International Transport Workers Federation will soon begin boarding ships to investigate reports of unsafe and unsanitary crew quarters.