How do you turn off a Windows 8 computer?

I set up my new computer afew days ago, and when I went to turn it off, there was no place to do it. I was about to give up and just hit the power button when I found something that said I should just hit the power button. I did, and it turned off, sort of. If I just push the button quickly, it reboots itself. If I hold it a little longer, it turns off. The screen goes dark, says "no signal" and it seems to be off, except that every few seconds the power button flashes. Sometimes when I come back the next morning, it is on and sometimes it is off. 
I don't trust it, so I disconnect it from the internet, physically. It's probably not a good idea to leave unsupervised computers connected to the internet. No telling what they will do.
Is it off even when it is flashing? Is there a certain way you should hold your mouth when pushing the off button? 
Windows 8 doesn't seem to be as bad as some people say, it's just that so many things are different from XP, but once you learn them it's ok. Of course, I don't do anything fancy, so once I can get my browser up, find my files and find my programs, (which are apparently called apps now) I'm fine.
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Hi,
Please try:
(a) Hold down Win key and Press I
(b) Turn off it using the power icon on the right of the screen
Regards.
BH
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