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 <p align="center">
     <a href="https://www.gratipay.com/Shields/">
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+        <img src="https://img.shields.io/gratipay/shields.svg"
              alt="Gratipay">
     </a>
     <a href="https://npmjs.org/package/gh-badges">
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+        <img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/gh-badges.svg"
              alt="npm version">
     </a>
     <a href="https://travis-ci.org/badges/shields">
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+        <img src="https://img.shields.io/travis/badges/shields.svg"
              alt="build status">
     </a>
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-        <img src="https://david-dm.org/badges/shields.svg"
-             alt="dependency status">
-    </a>
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