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Steve Jobs, in his characteristic blue jeans and black turtleneck, gives one of his famous keynote addresses.

Veggie Galaxy, a vegan diner and bakery, is now open in Central square.

Tragedy befalls the poor people of Gifford City, which is modeled after Boston.

The Gifford City bridge is modeled after the Harvard Bridge, featuring Smoot marks.

The Gifford City turntable allows trains to be stationed in the roundhouse when not in use.

Molds used to cast the bridge across the Green River on top of the final display, which is detailed with hand-laid tracks.

A scene in Middle Heights, which is located in the middle of one of the helical portions of the track.

A protester at Occupy Boston tries to capture what he sees as the absurdity of the state of the nation by being absurd and ironic himself.

Occupy Boston protesters organize into small groups for discussion. By 8 p.m. on Friday, approximately 2000 people had arrived at Dewey Square for the event.

Scooterdude, angry with the lack of media coverage for Occupy Wall Street, tries to spread the message of the protests in New York. He can often be found riding or windsurfing his scooter around Boston.

Elizabeth A. Dethy ’15 charges through Endicott College’s offense during the field hockey game on Tuesday. The Engineers won 2-1.

A human target stands on stage as people throw paper airplanes across Sanders Theatre, a long time tradition of the Ig Nobels.

Daniel Rosenberg executes an experiment involving oscillating metronomes on top of soda cans during an Ig Nobel Moment of Science.

Daniel Rosenberg performs a chemistry experiment during an Ig Nobel Moment of Science. The theme for this year’s Ig Nobel Ceremony was chemistry.