whoops..you got a free thanks....i clicked it by accident when trying to hit quote
i battery pulled the first time...booted into CWM and fixed permissions...that cleared the hang up problem and now reboot/shutdown work properly
i really miss the extended power menu where you can just reboot directly in CWM or download mode...i know their are apps that do it, but having the extended menu was so easy and convenient...hint hint
U can boot into recovery using the reboot option from the 15 toggles from the notification bar.