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function base64_encode( data ) {
    // Encodes string using MIME base64 algorithm  
    // 
    // version: 902.2516
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/base64_encode
    // +   original by: Tyler Akins (http://rumkin.com)
    // +   improved by: Bayron Guevara
    // +   improved by: Thunder.m
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   bugfixed by: Pellentesque Malesuada
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // -    depends on: utf8_encode
    // *     example 1: base64_encode('Kevin van Zonneveld');
    // *     returns 1: 'S2V2aW4gdmFuIFpvbm5ldmVsZA=='
    // mozilla has this native
    // - but breaks in 2.0.0.12!
    //if (typeof window['atob'] == 'function') {
    //    return atob(data);
    //}
        
    var b64 = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=";
    var o1, o2, o3, h1, h2, h3, h4, bits, i = ac = 0, enc="", tmp_arr = [];

    if (!data) {
        return data;
    }

    data = utf8_encode(data+'');
    
    do { // pack three octets into four hexets
        o1 = data.charCodeAt(i++);
        o2 = data.charCodeAt(i++);
        o3 = data.charCodeAt(i++);

        bits = o1<<16 | o2<<8 | o3;

        h1 = bits>>18 & 0x3f;
        h2 = bits>>12 & 0x3f;
        h3 = bits>>6 & 0x3f;
        h4 = bits & 0x3f;

        // use hexets to index into b64, and append result to encoded string
        tmp_arr[ac++] = b64.charAt(h1) + b64.charAt(h2) + b64.charAt(h3) + b64.charAt(h4);
    } while (i < data.length);
    
    enc = tmp_arr.join('');
    
    switch( data.length % 3 ){
        case 1:
            enc = enc.slice(0, -2) + '==';
        break;
        case 2:
            enc = enc.slice(0, -1) + '=';
        break;
    }

    return enc;
}