One way that I found to make it look decent, is to add this to change the overall welcome_index div.

Originally,

div#index_welcome{
margin: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
clear: both;
}

Now:

div#index_welcome{
position: relative;
top: -200px;
margin: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
clear: both;
}

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However, the problem is that this will have to be changed once the base block set is decided upon, and really is a sloppy fix that I just don't like.