body {
  background-image: url("background.jpg");
background-repeat: no-repeat;
  padding-left: 14em;
  font-family:"Times New Roman",Times, serif;
  color: white;
  background-color: black
 }
ul.navbar {
list-style-type: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  position: absolute;
  top: 3.5em;
  left: 1em;
  width: 11.5em;
}
h1 {
margin: 0;
 position: absolute;
 font-size:.1em; 
 font-family:"Times New Roman",Times, serif; 
  text-decoration: none}
ul.navbar li {
background-color: transparent;
  margin: 0em;
  padding: 0em;} 
ul.navbar a {
  text-decoration: none}
a:link {
  font-family:"Times New Roman",Times, serif;
  background-color:  transparent;
color: white;font-size:1em }
a:visited {
background-color: transparent;
  color: white;font-size:1em }
A:hover {
background-color: black;
color: red; font-size:1em; font-family:"Times New Roman",Times, serif }
address {
background-color: transparent;
  margin-top: 1em;
  padding-top: 1em;
  border-top: thin dotted 
}

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  <link rel="stylesheet" href="mystyle.css">