Weekly counseling on nutrition and exercise were a big factor, too.

CNN: FDA approves new diet drug

This is based on estimates of the impact on inactivity on coronary heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, and two specfic cancers - breast and bowel - where lack of exercise is a major risk factor.

BBC: Sedentary lifestyle can kill

In other words, marginal tax rates are just one factor in an options exercise strategy.

FORBES: Goolsbee: Execs Rush To Exercise Options Before Tax Rates Rise

In the ruling, Weeks found that not only did prosecutors across the state intentionally use the race of a potential juror as a significant factor in decisions to exercise preemptory challenges -- the practice of striking somebody from a jury without explanation, but that the practice occurred in Robinson's case.

CNN: SHARE THIS

But factor in the frequent use (and exercise) of stock options as compensation, as well as the need to do estate planning or make a down payment on a new home, and the pattern doesn't look so weird.

FORBES: Inside the Velvet Rope