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The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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DQEGrowth utility parent company

HILB, ROGAL AND HAMILTON COMPANYInsurance services


FINANCIALLY SPEAKINGInvestment services company in Denver, CO

LUCIENDiagnostic imaging services


MID-MARKET AMERICA“Save Simply” investment product

CAFE VICTORIARestaurant and Victorian antique shop


HEINZ FIELDStadium in Pittsburgh, PA

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H. J. HEINZ COMPANY“Red Zone” grocery store foods promotion


WINCHESTER THURSTON SCHOOL“ B e a r s ” athletics teams

WINCHESTER THURSTON SCHOOL“ G reat Wall, Te rrible To w e l ” speaker series

A Powerful New Image.

400 Fairway Drive

Coraopolis, PA 15108

Tel 412-393-1265

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www.dqe.com

From our beginnings as an electric utility more than a centuryago, DQE has evolved into a growth utility that delivers essentialproducts, including electricity, water, gas, and communications,to more than one million customers throughout the UnitedStates.

Capitalizing on our vast experience in utility delivery and deregulation, we’ve seized opportunities in emerging marketsthat have extended our reach beyond the boundaries of a traditional utility. Today, DQE’s holdings span a myriad of industries, focusing on areas where our expertise provides new efficiencies and synergy.

With a strong vision for the future and a commitment to reapopportunity from change, DQE delivers sound financial perform-ance for our shareholders, and innovative services that creategreater value for an ever-expanding customer base. We are thegrowth utility.

This is the new DQE.

An EvolvingCorporate Profile.

Why a New Look?

Over the past decade, DQE has significantlychanged the scope and direction of its business,leveraging our strength in utility delivery and deregu-lation to grow and prosper in new markets. Ourinvestments nationwide in water and wastewater,propane, landfill gas, communications and e-com-merce have increased our customer base by 50 per-cent in just two years, and have provided opportuni-ties for future expansion.

While many of our key audiences — customers, share-holders and Wall Street analysts — are familiar with seg-ments of DQE’s business, the full scope of our organization isunderstood by relatively few.

DQE’s new brand signature — the name and symbol —reflects and communicates our emerging position as a share-holder-focused growth utility. By extending the DQE brandsignature throughout our first-tier subsidiaries, we are build-ing recognition of DQE as a whole. We also are enhancingthe visibility of DQE’s first-tier subsidiaries as integral components of our dynamic organization.

DQE’s new symbol — a dynamic blue spiral — reflects ourcontinuously expanding, evolving company. The parts of thespiral visually integrate into a larger whole, symbolic of theinterrelation between DQE and its entrepreneurial subsidiary companies. This new symbol is the cornerstone ofour corporate image — a visual representation of what weare today, and of what we will become.

DQE’s corporate structure encompasses six sub-sidiaries that reflect our organization’s entrepreneur-ial nature. The agility and responsiveness of thesebusinesses has allowed DQE to quickly respond toand profit form emerging opportunities in rapidlychanging markets.

Under the new DQE corporate identity program, eachsubsidiary retains a separate identity, although somenames have changed. All carry the DQE symbol, tobuild familiarity and goodwill among our key audi-ences with the breadth and scope of the entire DQEorganization.

The DQE Brand.

The DQE Family.

“DQE’s new corporate identity is designed to better

represent the company we are today and will be

tomorrow, illustrating the diversity and dynamics of

our organization’s growing national profile.”

— David D. MarshallChairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Duquesne LightA DQE Company

CDT: 2003 Annual Report

CDT:Unwavering

Cable Design Technologies

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CDT:One-source solutions for some of the world’smost complex networks.

TOTAL NETWORK CONNECTIVITY HAS BECOME AS ESSENTIAL AS ELECTRICITY and other basic

utilities to the daily operation of today’s college and university campuses, airports and large

corporate headquarters.

Cable Design Technologies has invested in R&D and honed our sales and marketing

approach to better serve this growing market. On the product side, we developed higher band-

width cabling and related products to offer plug-and-play convenience for the end user—now

and far into the future. On the process side, we created a unified suite of design and budgeting

tools to help architects and building engineers address current needs and anticipate future

network expansion and application needs with greater confidence and efficiency.

The results? Significant customer wins: international airports in Madrid and Montreal,

campus-wide installations for Warwick University (UK) and McGill University (Canada), and

total corporate connectivity for the likes of TRW Space & Electronics and Deutsche Bank.

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The “drive-by-wire” capabilities that will control the cars of

tomorrow are used in today’s aerospace industry, with even

more stringent production requirements. Cabling in this

market requires sophisticated production to protect wires

from extremes of heat and cold. CDT invented a process

to produce a seamless tape that wraps and protects critical

high-performance wiring and cabling. The process eliminates

the traditional ridges where the tape overlaps itself, leaving it

vulnerable to abrasion. The simple but revolutionary advance-

ment enables manufacturers to create safer and lighter aircraft,

key requirements of the aerospace industry.

Back on the ground—underground, in fact—broadband is

finally coming of age, driven largely by home- and small-office

users. We see potential growth in the U.S., Europe and Asia,

meaning we see a long global growth curve for an application

where CDT plans to play an integral role.

Connecting industry’s ability to accomplish any new initiative

is communications. Industry standards passed in the latter half

of fiscal 2002 are enabling significant growth in Category 6

cable, able to support multi-gigabit Ethernet applications.

CDT provides complete end-to-end structured wiring systems

supporting everyday business, e-commerce, LAN applications,

intelligent buildings, storage networks, and more.

Each of CDT’s many success stories is dependent upon our

ability to prepare, practice and execute with both our product

and our people. With this strategy, CDT will remain a company

that strives to deliver value to our customers and shareholders,

and brings the promise of growth, vitality and leadership.

ACT AFTER HAVING

MADE ASSESSMENTS.

KNOW THE COMPETITION AND KNOW YOURSELF;IN A HUNDRED BATTLES, YOU WILL NEVER BE IN PERIL.

PREPARING, PRACTICING, EXECUTING

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CDT’s specialty electronic connec-

tivity products include ultra-flexible

cables, thermocouple cables,

low-noise cables, chemical-resistant

cables, high- and low-temperature

cables, and weather-resistant cables.

Our products are found all over the

world. You’ll see CDT in robotics

and automation and process con-

trol; in instrumentation, measuring

and monitoring; in mass transit,

automotive and aerospace;

in medical diagnostics; and

in electronic surveillance.

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Partnerships Built on >PERFORMANCE

03 Annual Report

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>MARSHALL CHAVIS KNOWS HOW to make a guitar sing,but he has no plans to give up his day job. After all, he’salso pretty good at making machines hum.

Chavis, manager of the machine shop at Wabtec’sRailroad Friction Products Corporation (RFPC) subsidiary, has played lead guitar in a gospel singing group for 33 years. The creativity necessary for strumminga six-string also comes in handy when he’s asked to helpsolve a complex manufacturing problem.

For example, CN, the largest railroad in Canada,recently asked RFPC to modify the design of itsTreadGuard™ brake shoe—fast. Chavis and the RFPCteam went to work and, within three weeks, designed and developed a new mold, a special grinding machine

and the new Day One TreadGuard™ shoe to meet the customer’s requirements.

“I like the challenge of completing a task like that,”Chavis said. “We have a good team here, and we knowthat satisfying our customer comes first.”

Now that’s music to any customer’s ears.

Singing a Happy TuneMarshall Chavis

Running on TimeBrigette Moore and Don Ellis

>WHEN WABTEC’S FOUNDRY IN CANADA received a call from our WABCO Transit plant in South Carolina, it was a real rush. Transit needed a part immediately foran important customer requirement.

Filling the order for this uncommon part meantsqueezing more work into the existing schedule, making the molds, pouring metal to form the pieces, heat-treatingat an offsite location, grinding the pieces and deliveringthem to South Carolina in less than a week—one-fourththe usual time.

But with Brigette Moore on logistics and Don Ellis on production, the parts made it to WABCO Transit,which machined, tested and delivered them ahead of schedule to its customer.

A working mom who’s used to crazy schedules andimprovising on the run, Moore knew how to handle this

challenge. And as one of the most senior people at thefoundry, Ellis had the knowledge and the credentials tomake it happen.

“From the moment the request came in, motionnever stopped,” said John Vickers, the foundry’s generalmanager. “It took a lot of coordination and was a tremendous accomplishment.”

An accomplishment that resulted in the customer placing the rest of this parts order with WABCO Transit.

“This is the kind of story that needs to be told,because this type of effort goes on every day, and not enough people know.”John Meister President, WABCO Transit

Partnerships Built on >PERFORMANCE

“At CN, we certainly appreciate excellent customerservice—both providing it and receiving it. Thequick turnaround on this project is an example of why we value our relationship with Wabtec.”James DanielwiczChief Mechanical Officer, CN

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Person to PersonU N I V E R S I T Y O F P I T T S B U R G H S C H O O L O F M E D I C I N E

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“I’ve had an unbelievable amount of contact and interaction with physicians, both in class and in casual situations.

They made me part of their family...and it’s only my first year.”

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“At first, we’re hanging on everyword from the faculty and PBLfacilitators because we feel totallylost. Looking back, I realize thatsomething else was going on. They were training us to rely oneach other, even before we knewwhat for. If I play it all back in my mind, I see that a large part of my learning has come from mypeers. I think medicine is unique

in that way. It starts with gettingto know each other. Not just astalking heads but as whole people.By third-year rotations, you realizethat the difference between successand failure each day is the personstanding next to you – your class-mate. The people here at Pitt support the idea that we will bebetter doctors together than wewould be apart.

“I look around at my classmatesand I am amazed by how manydifferent paths we’ve created inmedicine. I attribute that to thediverse group of students who areattracted to the program, and thesize of the surrounding medicalcommunity. I can’t believe howmuch has been available to me.People here are genuinely con-cerned about your future. It’s quiteeasy, actually, to find mentors andto make opportunities. I could

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“By third-year rotations, you realize that the difference between success and failure each day is the person standing next to you –

your classmate.”

survey the field, make decisionsabout what felt right, and thenpursue my interests. Each time youtry something new, it helps youshape your own path.

“When I hit fourth year, I was readyfor something amazing. I’ve alwayswanted to experience internationalhealth at some level. I had theopportunity to do a one-monthrotation abroad in Lesotho inSouthern Africa with two other

fourth-year students. What I sawin Africa was beyond anything Ihad ever imagined. We arrived alittle early for work that first day at the hospital and found severalhundred people waiting outsidewith hopes of getting some healthcare that day. They come from allaround the country. Some peoplewalked for hours to get there.People injured and visibly in pain.I’d never seen anything like it.”

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Commencement 2007A Fond Farewell

City as Our CampusExpanding minds in expanding ways

Ann PetersonRefl ections on a beloved art teacher

Art from the heart Middle Schoolers expressed themselves in creating “Postcards to the Congo,”a unique component of the City as Our Campus initiative. (See story on page 13.)

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in this issue:City as Our CampusExploring new frontiers

Commencement 2008Off on life’s journey

Rebecca KingTeacher, administrator, spreader of peace and love

Naturally inspired Immersed in the beautiful, natural surroundings of the North Hills Campus, Kindergartners used crayon and paint to create colorful leaf pieces that turned the hallway of the Campus Center into an autumnal kaleidoscope. Pictured here is Jack Roberts’ creation.

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Whether engaging young children in studying bugs in a tree stump, crafting elaborate meals of twigs and fallen leaves, or slaying dragons on an open air stage,

WT North’s new natural playground has ignited students’ imagination. “It’s changing the nature of play,” says Nancy Rogers, North Hills Campus Director.

Developed largely by North Hills Campus teachers Brock Perkins (grade 5) and Lynne Raphael (Kindergarten), the natural playground expands play options for all students while realizing the importance of connecting children with nature.

FRESh AIR AnD FAnTASyNurturing wonder is inherent to the new playground, which immerses students in nature while they explore its diverse areas: the climbing circuit, composed of boulders encircled by smooth tree trunks; digging areas filled with sand, mulch,

NATURAL WORLD, INFINITE WONDER balancing as children go round and round testing themselves on different parts. The first day, a Kindergartner crawled around on his hands and knees—not very comfortable—but by the next day, he was on his feet declining any help. He is now very confident in his balancing ability, and this mastery seems to carry over into the classroom. In the first week, several of the first and second graders helped the Kindergartners to balance by holding their hands. There was almost an unspoken badge of honor for helping the ‘little ones,’ and it was a wonderful moment demonstrating the care resulting from our Responsive Classroom approach.”

TURnInG POInTIdeas for the natural playground began taking shape more than two years ago, but the project gained serious momentum last April. “Based on the great turnout for our Earth Day Work Day, we knew we had the interest,” says Perkins. Soon after, plans began in earnest, fueled by research on playground designs that “involve children with natural materials, not just the plastic and metal structures produced by different manufacturers.”

Last summer, Perkins and Raphael won the 2008 Mary Houston Griffin Award for Excellence in Teaching for their proposal to enrich North’s existing playground with a variety of natural playground areas. The award, which provides funds to WT faculty to enhance teaching and service to students, enabled construction to begin at last. “There wasn’t funding otherwise,” explains Rogers.

“We set up goggles and sawhorses, and we had a work day,” she continues. “Everyone came: parents, faculty, children. We built, hammered out corners, took all the rough bark off. Even the materials for our building area—the tree cookies, logs and blocks—were sawed that day either by parents or students. We worked all weekend, actually.”

WT parents John and Lee Bares, both engineers, supervised the effort, and the playground debuted this fall. “The Bares’ leadership and expertise were invaluable,” states Rogers. “They gave an enormous amount of time, before and after the weekend. Everything was analyzed, designed, and built with the safety of the children, and how they would use the playground, in mind.”

and pea gravel; a building area featuring real tools and natural construction materials; a natural art center, with its ready abundance of supplies; a stage, replete with costumes and musical instruments; adjacent butterfly and children’s gardens; even a composter, complete with worms.

“I like jumping off the rocks because it’s kind of challenging. It’s fun to jump off the high log near the rocks,” says third grader Natalie Rhoades. “Lauren, Mattie, and I sit on the log and we slide backwards and it’s really fun!”

SElF-DIREcTED PlAy, cOmmUnITy cOnnEcTIOn“The children seem drawn to things they can act on and change,” says Raphael. “They love having options on the playground and are engaged in a variety of ways on different days. The circuit with rocks may be a general gathering and conversing area some days, while at other times it is the center of very focused

SAFETy FIRST, FUn FOllOWS“Safety was at the core of everything we considered and implemented,” affirms Lee Bares. “We utilized current playground safety standards and recommendations principally from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and also the National Program for Playground Safety and the Arbor Day Foundation.” She adds, “The hours we personally spent are uncounted and will forever remain a joy to us. One of the greatest parts of this project was the two days when [everyone] came together for the massive installation effort…where people showed up and did whatever was needed or asked and kept coming back for more. We are left wishing there could be more to do; it has been that much fun!”

“In some ways, I think [the playground] will always be a work in progress,” muses Rogers, revealing that a playhouse made from tree trunks and parts, designed by Lee Bares, will be constructed this spring.

Research suggests myriad benefits to children exposed to natural environments, including better concentration and self-discipline; more advanced motor fitness and improved cognitive development; greater imaginative and creative play; and the fostering of language and collaborative skills. But as far as students are concerned, the biggest benefit is quite simple: “No matter what we do out there, we’re having fun,” says third grader Lexi Thompson.

Just three blocks from the Universityof Pittsburgh’s campus, WinchesterThurston School is located in theheart of the city’s premier educa-tional and medical facilities.

Deeply rooted in the city since 1887, Winchester Thurston boasts a long tradition of high academicstandards and progressive educa-tional programs.

Our approach to learning at all levels—Pre-Kindergarten throughgrade 12—is one that engageseach student in a challenging,inspiring process and a connected,accessible, diverse educational community. Together, these

elements foster strong student-teacher relationships, motivation to pursue individual interests andtalents, and participation in the larger world beyond the school—both local and global.

Through our City as Our Campusand Student Internship programs,our faculty design curricula that connect students with the vast re-sources of neighboring institutions.

On any given day, our students maybe conducting research side by sidewith doctors at The Hillman CancerCenter; hunting for bacteriophagesat the University of Pittsburgh’sHoward Hughes Medical Institute;

developing poetry recitation skillswith faculty and student-actors atCarnegie Mellon University’s DramaDepartment; or exploring dinosaurbones at the Carnegie Museum ofNatural History.

We invite you to visit us at www.winchesterthurston.org tolearn more about our exceptionalprograms in academics, athletics,and the arts.And, we invite you to walk (or drive) just a few shortblocks to see us!

www.winchesterthurston.org412.578.7518

Throw a stone.

Winchester Thurston is a PK-12, coed independent school with campuses in Shadyside and the North Hills.

There. You’ve just located our City Campus.

www.winchesterthurston.org412.578.7518A PK-12, coed independent school with campusesin Shadyside and the North Hills.

Winchester Thurston congratulates six tenth-graders for takingon challenging international issues at a global symposium onPeacekeeping, Conflict Resolution, and Combating Terrorism, inMuscat, Oman. The work of fifty-four student participants fromEurope, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and North America will bepresented to the United Nations this year.

World peace ambassadors.World peace ambassadors.

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