Times are wrong, Moderators, Colored buttons

I've noticed that the times listed for tournaments and freerolls is EST, Eastern Standard Time. I live in Michigan, where like most of the country we're on Daylight Time. I wondered if this was a mistake and made the conversion in my head.

For example, the Ultimatebet freeroll yesterday was supposed to start at 7 PM EST. It did indeed start at 7PM, but on Eastern Daylight Time. There are some areas of the US that don't switch from standard to daylight time in the Summer (Indiana and Arizona). When you say 7PM Eastern time, I know what you mean, but wouldn't it be better just to eliminate the confusion and - if you are using Daylight time, just say so in your forums and calendars?

Next question:
Somebody suggested that it's sometimes better to PM a moderator rather than post a thread. How can you tell who's a moderator? I've learned tha Nick is the Head Honcho and there are several who are active, knowledgable and have a lot of posts, but maybe I've missed it: does each forum have a designated moderator?

Last question: What do the colored buttons next to your name in the forum mean? I've seen green and silver.

Green means online, silver not online

Moderators are people whose names are in bold.

Thank you very much. It's funny that I couldn't find this info in the FAQs or anything.

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