Panic: Upon Opening Cover 13" Macbook Air (Late)

On occasion following sleep of Macbook Air by closing its cover, I find that when the cover is raised some time later, the computer appears as if it had actually powered down (=shut down?)!
In any event, attempting to awake the Air by depressing the power key (upper right), nothing happens!
However... if the power key is depressed for a prolonged period (~15 seconds ?), the computer eventually comes to life!
After signing in, I'm presented with a notice that the computer had been shut down unconventionally and that a diagnostic should be forwarded to Apple. I've done this at least 3 times!
Before calling Apple Care again (on my first call, they alerted me to the trick of holding down the power key), does anyone have any suggestions/advice?

If you look closely (and probably at an angle), I think you'll see that the screen is actually on and just dim. You'll see the dialog box for a kernel panic.
I've seen this a few times on my Late-2010 MBA which exhibits the wake from sleep problems you can find throughout this forum. If you only have the dim screen you can manage to shutdown the machine correctly and then just power it up again. However, if you've already gotten the kernel panic then holding the power button is the only thing you can do.
The few firmware updates have not seemed to help, and I may bite the bullet soon for an exchange. My wife's same model MBA has not had any of these issues.

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Having all of these apps launching at startup/login is probably slowing down your Mac's startup time AND having all of these apps running in the background is both eating yo CPU cycles and RAM.
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Power
The computer doesn't respond to the power button when pressed.
A portable Mac doesn't appear to respond properly when you close or open the lid.
The computer sleeps or shuts down unexpectedly.
The battery does not appear to be charging properly.
The MagSafe power adaptor LED doesn't appear to indicate the correct activity.
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