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+### Builds
+
+[![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/UV-CDAT/cdms.svg?style=shield&circle-token=b960fe5194ad7052b820e6589014887531fa53f8)](https://github.com/UV-CDAT/cdms/build)
+[![TravisCI](https://travis-ci.org/UV-CDAT/cdms.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/UV-CDAT/cdms/builds)
+![platforms](http://img.shields.io/badge/platforms-linux%20|%20osx-lightgrey.svg)
+
+### Anaconda
+[![Anaconda-Server Badge](https://anaconda.org/uvcdat/cdms2/badges/version.svg)](https://anaconda.org/uvcdat/cdms2)
+[![Anaconda-Server Badge](https://anaconda.org/uvcdat/cdms2/badges/downloads.svg)](https://anaconda.org/uvcdat/cdms2)
+[![Anaconda-Server Badge](https://anaconda.org/uvcdat/cdms2/badges/installer/conda.svg)](https://conda.anaconda.org/uvcdat)