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function base64_decode( data ) {
    // Decodes string using MIME base64 algorithm  
    // 
    // version: 902.2516
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/base64_decode
    // +   original by: Tyler Akins (http://rumkin.com)
    // +   improved by: Thunder.m
    // +      input by: Aman Gupta
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // +   bugfixed by: Pellentesque Malesuada
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // -    depends on: utf8_decode
    // *     example 1: base64_decode('S2V2aW4gdmFuIFpvbm5ldmVsZA==');
    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin van Zonneveld'
    // mozilla has this native
    // - but breaks in 2.0.0.12!
    //if (typeof window['btoa'] == 'function') {
    //    return btoa(data);
    //}

    var b64 = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=";
    var o1, o2, o3, h1, h2, h3, h4, bits, i = ac = 0, dec = "", tmp_arr = [];

    if (!data) {
        return data;
    }

    data += '';

    do {  // unpack four hexets into three octets using index points in b64
        h1 = b64.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
        h2 = b64.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
        h3 = b64.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
        h4 = b64.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));

        bits = h1<<18 | h2<<12 | h3<<6 | h4;

        o1 = bits>>16 & 0xff;
        o2 = bits>>8 & 0xff;
        o3 = bits & 0xff;

        if (h3 == 64) {
            tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(o1);
        } else if (h4 == 64) {
            tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(o1, o2);
        } else {
            tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(o1, o2, o3);
        }
    } while (i < data.length);

    dec = tmp_arr.join('');
    dec = utf8_decode(dec);

    return dec;
}