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+# BEGIN Compress text files
+<ifModule mod_deflate.c>
+  <filesMatch ".(css|js|x?html?|php)$">
+    SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
+  </filesMatch>
+</ifModule>
+# END Compress text files
+
+# BEGIN Expire headers
+<ifModule mod_expires.c>
+  ExpiresActive On
+  ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 2592000 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 2592000 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 2592000 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 2592000 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 2592000 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 604800 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 216000 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 216000 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 216000 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 600 seconds"
+  ExpiresByType application/xhtml+xml "access plus 600 seconds"
+</ifModule>
+# END Expire headers
+
+# BEGIN Cache-Control Headers
+<ifModule mod_headers.c>
+  <filesMatch ".(ico|jpe?g|png|gif|swf)$">
+    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000, public"
+  </filesMatch>
+  <filesMatch ".(css)$">
+    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800, public"
+  </filesMatch>
+  <filesMatch ".(js)$">
+    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=216000, private"
+  </filesMatch>
+  <filesMatch ".(x?html?|php)$">
+    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=600, private, must-revalidate"
+  </filesMatch>
+</ifModule>
+# END Cache-Control Headers
+
+# BEGIN Turn ETags Off
+<ifModule mod_headers.c>
+  Header unset ETag
+</ifModule>
+FileETag None
+# END Turn ETags Off
+
+# BEGIN gzip
+<ifModule mod_gzip.c>
+mod_gzip_on Yes
+mod_gzip_dechunk Yes
+mod_gzip_item_include file .(html?|txt|css|js)$
+mod_gzip_item_include handler ^cgi-script$
+mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/.*
+mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/x-javascript.*
+mod_gzip_item_exclude mime ^image/.*
+mod_gzip_item_exclude rspheader ^Content-Encoding:.*gzip.*
+</ifModule>
+# END gzip