I took some screenshots to help you do this step-by-step. Follow the red squares.
1. On any screen, click on 'profile' under 'user tools' on the right side
2. On the left side of the screen, you will see a section called 'modify settings'. T
3. To add an avatar, click on 'forum profile information'. Then click 'I will upload my own picture'. Then, click browse and select the photo you want. Note: the image must be under 400K. If you cannot resize your picture to meet the size requirement, you can email it to me and I will resize it for you.
4. To fix the timezone, click on 'look and layout preferences'. Currently, BPO is set at some weird russian time. To make it match that clock, you need to add a number. The numbers are: 11 for EST, 10 for CST, 9 for MST, and 8 for PST
Good luck