Migration assistant keeps getting stuck

Hi Everyone
I am trying to perform a migration from my apple mac book pro Mid 2010 (OS X 10.9.4) to my new apple iMac 27" (OS X 10.9.4) Late 2012 Model. I perform the migration using the thernet cable yet at about 1:40 mins remaining it seems to stop.
Any thoughts of how I can make this work?
Please help

Press and hold the power button for a few seconds until the power shuts off, then release, wait a few more seconds, and press it again briefly to restart. Test. If the migration wasn't successful, see below.
1. Migration may stall with "Sharing Only" user accounts
2. Back up the old system with Time Machine or Disk Utility and try migrating from the backup.

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