The Bahamas has the 47th freest economy in the world according to The Heritage Foundation 2010 Index of Economic Freedom. The Bahamas is ranked 7th out of 29 countries in the South and Central America/Caribbean region, and its overall score is higher than the regional and world averages.
A stupa is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics that is used as a place of meditation. A related architectural term is a chaitya, which is a prayer hall or temple containing a stupa. In Buddhism, circumambulation or pradakhshina has been an important ritual and devotional practice since the earliest times, and stupas always have a pradakhshina path around them.
stutâ¢ter. 1. to speak with the rhythm interrupted by repetitions, blocks or spasms, or prolongations of sounds or syllables. 2. to proceed or operate with spasmodic interruptions or repetitions. 3. to say with a stutter. 4. an act or instance of stuttering.