3.35.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

3.35.2.1 Absolute Value Symbols

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/43008/absolute-value-symbols

What is the "best LaTeX practices" for writing absolute value symbols?  Are there any packages which provide good methods? 
Some options include|x| and \mid x \mid, but I'm not sure which is best...
 

- asked by jamaicanworm (167 votes), answered by Peter Grill (129 votes)

3.35.2.2 Why is \newpage ignored sometimes ?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/2958/why-is-newpage-ignored-sometimes

I have the following towards the end of an article. The bibliography is short (4 entries). 
What's happening is that on the very last page of document I get the chart and immediately afterwards the  ...
 

- asked by wishihadabettername (86 votes), answered by Will Robertson (120 votes)