Beginner studio lighting kit for portraits, what, when, when?

Go to shutterbug.com and read the review of Interfit's EXD200 Lighting Kit which appeared in the Oct. 2007 issue of Shutterbug. The basic kit contains: two each EXD200 heads/flash tubes/modeling lamps/stands/fuses/electrical and sync cables; one each small softbox/shoot-through umbrella/padded case. The price at publication (Oct. 2007) was $499.99. For additional information go to interfitphotographic.com.