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+![#shout-irc IRC channel on freenode](https://img.shields.io/badge/irc%20channel-%23shout--irc%20on%20freenode-blue.svg)
 [![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/shout.svg)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/shout)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/erming/shout.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/erming/shout)
 [![Dependency Status](https://david-dm.org/erming/shout.svg)](https://david-dm.org/erming/shout)