span {

  position:absolute; 
  width:100%;
  height:100%;
  top:0;
  left: 0;

  /* edit: added z-index */
  z-index: 1;

}


h1 {
    font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 36px;
    opacity: 1.0;
    color: #000000;
    /*padding-left: 10px;*/
}


h2 {
    font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 28px;
    opacity: 1.0;
    color: #000000;
    /*padding-left: 10px*/
}


h3 {
    font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 20px;
    opacity: 1.0;
    color: #000000;
    /*padding-left: 10px*/  
}

h4 {
    font-family: "Klinic Slab", "Century Schoolbook", Georgia, serif;
    font-size: 18px;
    opacity: 1.0;
    /*padding-left: 10px*/
}

p {
    font-family: "Klinic Slab", "Century Schoolbook", Georgia, serif;
    font-size: 14px;
    opacity: 1.0;
}


p.block {
    border-left: 8px solid;
    padding-left: 10px;
    margin-left: 20px;
    border-color: #6797e5;
    width: 500px;
    font-style: italic;

}

p.caption {
    margin-top: 10px;
    text-align: center;
    font-style: italic;
}

p.date {
    font-style: italic;
}

p.footer {
    font-size: 10px;
}

div.separator {

    border-bottom: 3px solid #6797e5;
    margin-top: 20px;
    margin-bottom: 20px;

}

div.j-background {

    background-color: #AAAAAA;
    border-radius: 10px;
    opacity: 0.8;
    padding-top: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
    margin-left: 200px;
    margin-right: 200px;
    margin-top: 20px;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}

a.jumbo {
    text-decoration: none;
}