.footernav { font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10px; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none; color:#000000; }
p { font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none; color:#000000; }
body { font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none; color:#000000; }
td { font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none; color:#000000; }
h1 { font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:20px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; color:#000000; }
h2 { font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; color:#000000; }
h3 { font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; color:#000000; }

/*
default link styles
*/
/* set all links to have underline and bluish color */
a,
a:link 
a:active {
   text-decoration: underline;
/* css validation will give a warning if color is set without background color. this will explicitly tell this element to inherit bg colour from parent element */
   background-color: inherit; 
   color: #18507C; 
}

a:visited {
   text-decoration: underline;
   background-color: inherit;
  color: #18507C;                /* a different color can be used for visited links */
}


/* remove underline on hover and change color */
a:hover {
   text-decoration: none;
   background-color: #C3D4DF;
   color: #385C72;
}