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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 13F FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE |
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| VALUE | SHRS OR | SH/ | PUT/ | INVESTMENT | OTHER | VOTING AUTHORITY | |||||
| NAME OF ISSUER | TITLE OF CLASS | CUSIP | (x$1000) | PRN AMT | PRN | CALL | DISCRETION | MANAGER | SOLE | SHARED | NONE |
| ATMI, Inc. | COM | 00207r101 | 25,507 | 750,000 | SH | SOLE | 750,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Accelrys, Inc. | COM | 00430u103 | 20,568 | 1,650,708 | SH | SOLE | 1,650,708 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AutoNavi Holdings Limited | SPONSORED ADR | 05330f106 | 9,419 | 470,000 | SH | SOLE | 470,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BRE Properties, Inc. | CLASS A | 05564e106 | 28,457 | 453,286 | SH | SOLE | 453,286 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beam Inc. | COM | 073730103 | 29,072 | 349,000 | SH | SOLE | 349,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CapitalSource Inc. | COM | 14055x102 | 24,866 | 1,704,284 | SH | SOLE | 1,704,284 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Compuware Corporation | COM | 205638109 | 9,334 | 889,000 | SH | SOLE | 889,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. | COM | 26883D108 | 19,686 | 510,000 | SH | SOLE | 510,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Emeritus Corporation | COM | 291005106 | 19,430 | 618,000 | SH | SOLE | 618,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Equal Energy Ltd. | COM | 29390q109 | 7,786 | 1,700,000 | SH | SOLE | 1,700,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Forest Laboratories, Inc. | COM | 345838106 | 23,067 | 250,000 | SH | SOLE | 250,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc. | COM | 42840b101 | 20,505 | 473,231 | SH | SOLE | 473,231 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. | COM | 443683107 | 24,093 | 2,451,000 | SH | SOLE | 2,451,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JetBlue Airways Corp | COM | 477143101 | 4,345 | 500,000 | SH | SOLE | 500,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. | COM | 480838101 | 19,676 | 306,000 | SH | SOLE | 306,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LCA-Vision Inc. | COM | 501803308 | 2,387 | 446,206 | SH | SOLE | 446,206 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LSI Corporation | COM | 502161102 | 26,299 | 2,375,700 | SH | SOLE | 2,375,700 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Liberty Interactive Corporatio | COM | 53071M104 | 6,542 | 226,600 | SH | SOLE | 226,600 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National Interstate Corporatio | COM | 63654u100 | 8,651 | 322,669 | SH | SOLE | 322,669 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nicholas Financial, Inc. | COM | 65373j209 | 8,651 | 550,000 | SH | SOLE | 550,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noble Energy, Inc. | COM | 655044105 | 4,831 | 68,000 | SH | SOLE | 68,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nordion, Inc. | COM | 65563C105 | 9,792 | 850,000 | SH | SOLE | 850,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| North Valley Bancorp | COM NEW | 66304m204 | 6,262 | 258,972 | SH | SOLE | 258,972 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. | COM | 66704r100 | 5,526 | 342,353 | SH | SOLE | 342,353 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Omnicom Group Inc. | COM | 681919106 | 19,965 | 275,000 | SH | SOLE | 275,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Outerwall Inc. | COM | 690070107 | 10,875 | 150,000 | SH | SOLE | 150,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Powershares Senior Loan | SENIOR LN PORT | 73936q769 | 16,126 | 650,000 | SH | SOLE | 650,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Safeway Inc. | COM | 786514208 | 9,235 | 250,000 | SH | SOLE | 250,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Schawk, Inc. | CL A | 806373106 | 23,988 | 1,200,000 | SH | SOLE | 1,200,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sterling Financial Corporation | COM NEW | 859319303 | 18,711 | 561,400 | SH | SOLE | 561,400 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Taylor Capital Group, Inc. | COM | 876851106 | 15,678 | 655,443 | SH | SOLE | 655,443 | 0 | 0 | ||
| The Jones Group Inc. | COM | 48020t101 | 10,329 | 690,000 | SH | SOLE | 690,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Time Warner Cable Inc. | COM | 88732j207 | 14,610 | 106,500 | SH | SOLE | 106,500 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. | COM | 89674K103 | 9,594 | 716,500 | SH | SOLE | 716,500 | 0 | 0 | ||
| UNS Energy Corporation | COM | 903119105 | 21,131 | 352,003 | SH | SOLE | 352,003 | 0 | 0 | ||
| United Financial Bancorp, Inc. | COM | 91030t109 | 7,177 | 390,292 | SH | SOLE | 390,292 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Washington Banking Company | COM | 937303105 | 8,973 | 504,682 | SH | SOLE | 504,682 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Xyratex Ltd. | COM | g98268108 | 15,489 | 1,169,843 | SH | SOLE | 1,169,843 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zale Corporation | COM | 988858106 | 20,910 | 1,000,000 | SH | SOLE | 1,000,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CCI 4.5% 11/01/16 Mandatory Cv | CONV PFD STK | 228227500 | 5,260 | 52,000 | SH | SOLE | 52,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Commonwealth Reit 6.5% Pfd | PFD | 203233408 | 4,695 | 186,970 | SH | SOLE | 186,970 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NEE 5.799% 09/01/16 Mandatory | UNIT 99/99/9999 | 65339f861 | 4,560 | 84,404 | SH | SOLE | 84,404 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ALERIAN MLP ETF | ALERIAN MLP | 00162Q866 | 291 | 16,470 | SH | SOLE | 0 | 0 | 16,470 | ||
| ALTRIA GROUP INC | COM | 02209S103 | 287 | 7,675 | SH | SOLE | 0 | 0 | 7,675 | ||
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP | COM | 26874784 | 148 | 2,969 | SH | SOLE | 0 | 0 | 2,969 | ||
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP | COM | 60505104 | 203 | 11,837 | SH | SOLE | 0 | 0 | 11,837 | ||
| ETFS PALLADIUM TRUST | SH BEN INT | 26923A106 | 900 | 11,899 | SH | SOLE | 0 | 0 | 11,899 | ||
| iSHARES S-T NATL AMT FREE MUNI BOND ETF | SH T NTLAMTFR ETF | 464288158 | 505 | 4,750 | SH | SOLE | 0 | 0 | 4,750 | ||
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | COM | 46625H100 | 165 | 2,702 | SH | SOLE | 0 | 0 | 2,702 | ||
| MARKET VECTORS GOLD MINERS | COM | 57060U100 | 305 | 12,915 | SH | SOLE | 0 | 0 | 12,915 | ||
| MOSAIC CO (THE) | COM | 61945C103 | 1,249 | 24,970 | SH | SOLE | 0 | 0 | 24,970 | ||
| PFIZER INC | COM | 717081103 | 258 | 8,045 | SH | SOLE | 0 | 0 | 8,045 | ||
| PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL | COM | 718172109 | 60 | 725 | SH | SOLE | 0 | 0 | 725 | ||
| WILLIAMS COS INC | COM | 969457100 | 90 | 2,250 | SH | SOLE | 0 | 0 | 2,250 | ||
| WPX ENERGY INC | COM | 98212B103 | 13 | 749 | SH | SOLE | 0 | 0 | 749 | ||
| XCEL ENERGY INC | COM | 98389B100 | 80 | 2,625 | SH | SOLE | 0 | 0 | 2,625 | ||