.htaccess for compression, browser caching, proxy caching, etc.

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Can someone provide me with an optimize .htaccess configuration that handles compression, browser caching, proxy caching, etc. for a typical website?

Aside from my visitors, I'm also trying to make Google PageSpeed happy.

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