WAIST MEASUREMENT MATTERS Excess weight, as measured by BMI, is not the only risk to your health. The location of fat on your body is important too. TO MEASURE YOUR WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE, place a tape measure around your bare abdomen, just above your hip bone. Be sure that the tape is snug but does not compress your skin, and is parallel to the ï¬ oor.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Townshend Duties, formally known as the Townshend Acts, was a tax passed by the British. It was named for Charles Townshend, who was the British Prime Minister at the time.he Townshend Duties, formally known as the Townshend Acts, was a tax passed by the British. It was named for Charles Townshend, who was the British Prime Minister at the time.
The colonists did not agree with his thinking and the result was a colonial boycott against British products. Trade between England and America fell off by 50 percent as a result of the boycott. The British merchants complained to Parliament who repealed the Townshend Duties except the tax on tea.he acts also added three new admiralty courts to try Americans charged with smuggling. Townshend himself died suddenly later that year. Colonists responded to the taxes with the cry no taxation without representation, with riots and the boycotting of British goods.