Cannot turn off bluetooth osx 10.8.2

Hello,
I am using osx 10.8.2 and it will not let me turn bluetooth off. i have clicked several times in preferences and in the drop down menu in the header as well. this has been a problem for several days to a week. therefore the system has been restarted many times during the process. any advice would be appreciated.
thank you.

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