Hope College is a distinguished four-year national liberal arts college that effectively combines academic excellence with a vibrant Christian faith which form a supportive and welcoming community. Hope is proud to have the following distinctions:
* One of six national liberal arts colleges identified as "Up-and-Comers," institutions in 2013 U.S. News & World Report College Guide
* Among a select group of colleges and universities nationwide listed in the book "Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About College" (2012 edition)
* The only private, liberal arts college to have national accreditation in art, dance, music and theatre
* Consistently awarded more National Science Foundation grants for undergraduate research than any other liberal arts college in the country
* Ranked fourth behind the University of Michigan, Stanford and MIT for undergraduate research and creative activity in the initial rankings by US News & World Report " "The Insider's Guide to the Colleges," compiled and edited by the staff of the "Yale Daily News." credit Hope with providing students "solid academic programs, the personal attention possible only at a small school, and a warm social atmosphere, all structured around a core of Christian values."

Hope enrolls over 3,300 students from 45 states and territories and 34 foreign countries. Hope students choose to study abroad in more than 200 programs in over 60 countries. More than 1,800 internships are available locally, as well as off-campus centers in Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, Washington, DC, and other locations.

Hope College is recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for initiatives that engage students with communities at home and abroad.\

Quality of teaching 

Hope students find a faculty of professionally distinguished scholars who have a genuine concern for the total development of each student.  

Hope is one of only 10 church-related colleges and universities nationwide highlighted in the book Putting Students First: How Colleges Develop Students Purposefully. Our student: faculty ratio is 13:1.

Hope is among 50 colleges recommended by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute in its guide All-American Colleges: Top Schools for Conservatives, Old-Fashioned Liberals and People of Faith, which notes that “The students and faculty we spoke with confirm that the school walks its talk; Hope College is both academically serious and theologically earnest.”

Academic programs

Our 91 majors and minors in liberal arts and pre-professional fields provide unusual flexibility for students to combine their interests. Known as a powerhouse in the sciences, Hope is also the only private, liberal arts college to have national accreditation in art, dance, music and theatre.

Ranked 4th in the U.S. for research and creative activity
National leadership in collaborative faculty/student research and creative activity. Hope is consistently awarded more National Science Foundation grants for undergraduate research than any other liberal arts college in the country and was ranked fourth behind the University of Michigan, Stanford and MIT for undergraduate research and creative activity in the initial rankings by US News & World Report.

Diverse and accomplished students

During 2013-14 Hope enrolled 3,388 students from 39 states and territories and 34 different countries. We are a leading college for Fulbright Scholars, and our students can look forward to attending their first choice of graduate and professional schools.

The 2013 Fiske Guide to Colleges includes Hope as one of the country's best and most interesting colleges and universities, noting that "Hope's academic and athletic programs continue to grow and prosper."

Other guides and organizations that recognized Hope in the past year include the 39th edition of The Insider's Guide to Colleges, the America's Top Colleges guide published by Forbes Magazine and The Princeton Review, which cited Hope among the "Best in the Midwest."

Nunavut Culture

In Northern Canada, twenty-five different communities of Inuit people live in Nunavut. This Native Canadian tribe of people have inhabited Nunavut for several thousand years.

Nunavut people have a special type of Nunavut culture. Their culture is unique in Canada, and unlike anywhere else in the world. The Inuit maintain their traditional way of life even in the 21st century.

Language

Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun are the two most common forms of the native Inuit language spoken by the Inuit people in Nunavut. These two languages are the most protected languages in Canada due to their protection under the Nunavut Official Languages Act. It is considered one of Canada's aboriginal languages, and it guarantees Inuit people will have public services and private services conducted in their native language, as needed. English and French are two other official languages spoken in Nunavut culture. In the Inuktitut language, Nunavut means “our land” and Inuit” means “the people.”

Body language is an important part of Inuit culture. Raising two eyebrows traditionally means “yes” and there is not native Inuit word for “yes”; rather, there is a gesture.

Nunavut Culture

Inuit culture has an oral tradition that can trace back hundred and even thousands of years. While language is extremely important to Nunavut culture, spirituality, family, attire, food and survival are other important aspects of Inuit culture as well.

Amongst the 25 Inuit communities there is a collective sense of respect, caring, humor, longevity, responsibility kindness, and compassion. Like many Native American and Native Canadian cultural groups, the Inuit of Nunavut care deeply about their land and the animals who share their world. In addition to this great appreciate of nature, the Inuit are taught to respect and appreciate all people, no matter their race or ethnicity.

Environment

The Inuit people have survived the Arctic climate of Nunavut for centuries. They have used traditional igloos to remain warm and insulated in the harsh winter season. Ice fishing, in the winter; caribou hunting in the fall, provided most of the food for the long winter months. The Inuit traditionally fished for seal in the spring. Bird meat and eggs were hunted in the summertime.

Transportation

Traditional modes of transportation for the Inuit people were dog sleds. In the 21st century, much of the transpiration needs of the Inuit have been met by snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles.

More about Nunavut Culture

Religion and Spirituality

Today, many Inuits practice different denominations of Christianity including: Pentecostal and Catholic church attendance, however, the Inuits original spirituality was similar to other native spiritualism. The land, the earth and the environments were all given spirits in this oral tradition, and shamans served to invoke the good spirits, in order to keep the bad spirits away.
Sharing in the Nunavut Culture

It is commonplace, and even expected for Inuits to freely share food, and other items with other Inuits in their communities, It is not considered a hardship to share, rather it is a privileges and encourages trust and camaraderie in the community.

Cuisine

Feasting is an important part of the Nunavut culture. While natural, minimally processed food are the most desirable, some Inuit people eat food that is found in mainstream society, The manner in which the food is prepared in Nunavut culture is usually less fattening and more nutritious than traditional Canadian food.

Fun and Family

Family ties in the Nunavut culture continue to be strong and survive in changing cultural landscapes. After work is completed, families often get together and sing, dance, drum or play games. Storytelling, similar to other indigenous cultures around the world, is an important aspect of their cultural entertainment. Art is another way Nunavut people spend their free time and express their cultural heritage.




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This is a comparison of a 16 online email marketing services.  With a little help, I dug up as many email bulk senders as I could, so that I could compare their prices.  It's hard to compare these prices because their ranges never quite match, so I decided that putting them into a table form would be the best way to get an overview of the prices.
Nearly all of these services charge you a monthly fee, with a few offering discounts for annual or semi-annual plans.  But there are two very different pricing models, which has caused me to break this down into two tables.

Note: These prices are current as of mid-January 2010. They will probably change! Be sure to verify prices by visiting the websites.

The first pricing model is per-subscriber.  No matter how many emails per month you send out, you will be charged a fee based on the number of subscribers in your list.  This means that if you only send a newsletter out from time to time, you may not be getting a good deal.  If you send messages out frequently, then these can actually be quite nice.

Mem­bers up to…	Ver­ti­cal Re­s­ponse	Con­s­tant Con­tact	iCon­tact	Mail­Chimp	Aweber	Mad­Mimi	My­News­let­ter­Builder	Get­Re­sponse	Con­tact­Pro	Yes­Mail
	$	$	$ 1	$	$	$	$	$	$	$ 2
10								FREE
100									FREE
500	$10	$15	$14	FREE3	$19	$8	$10	$18	$9	FREE4
1,000							$15			$10
1,500							$20
2,000	$28									$15
2,500		$30	$30	$30	$30	$14	$25	$28
4,000	$46
5,000		$50	$47	$50	$50	$24	$45	$45	$20	$30
8,000	$72
10,000		$75	$74	$75	$70	$36	$72	$65	$30
15,000							$100
20,000							$130
25,000	$150	$150	$150	$150	$150	$75	$160	$145	$75	$100
35,000			$240	$240		$120	$210
40,000	$240
50,000			$380	$240		$190	$250		$150	$150
75,000			$530			$250	$350			$200
100,000			$700			$350	$450			$250
125,000									$300
250,000						$590			$490
500,000									$750
750,000									$1,000

¹ Limited to 3,000 mails per month. Also, they have an annual price.
² Semi-annual and annual discount price available.
³ 60 Day Trial
⁴ You can send up to 6 times the number of subscribers messages.

The second pricing model is based on the number of messages sent out per month.  This is closer to a pay-as-you-go model, probably a better deal for infrequent newsletters and not as good of a deal if you plan on sending multiple messages per month.

Mess­ages up to…	Cam­paign Mon­itor	My­Emma	Bench­mark Email	Stream­Send	dot­Mail­er	Email­Brain
	$ 5	$	$	$	£ 6	$
200	$7			FREE 7
500	$10				$31
1,000	$15	$30	$13
1,500	$20				$47
2,000	$25			$20		$10
2,500	$30	$45	$20
3,000	$35				$80
5,000	$55	$70	$35		$130	$20
7,500	$80				$161
10,000	$105	$125	$60	$40	$204	$30
15,000	$155				$276
20,000	$205			$60	$325	$30
25,000	$255	$210	$112
30,000	$305				$406
40,000	$405					$110
50,000	$505	$350	$200	$100	$488
75,000	$605				$652
80,000	$645					$210
100,000	$805	$600	$375	$160	$815	$230
140,000	$985					$300
150,000	$1,055				$1,060
200,000	$1,405				$1,142	$420
250,000	$1,755
300,000	$1,805				$1,305
400,000	$2,405				$1,390	$800
500,000	$3,005				$1,470

⁵ $5 per mailing plus 1¢ per message, with bulk credits reducing cost at higher levels
⁶ Price is in British Pounds, converted to dollars for comparisions. Exchange rates will change!
⁷ 30 day trial

So what does this all mean?

First of all, you have to decide what kind of camp you are in.  I think that it's almost useless having a customer list if you don't actually contact your members less than, say, once every month or two. Any more than that, and they are going to forget about you! If you are not going to be using your list that often, then paying a monthly fee based on number of subscribers doesn't make a lot of sense. If you are going to send more than once a month, which is perfectly acceptable in some cases, then the monthly plans are better to look at.

Once you have picked a payment type — subscriber-based or mailing-based, you should think about what size of a list you have — and hope to have. The costs of sending out a mailing seem minimal if you are just getting started with a list. A small list is probably quite feasible if you have just a local business or organization, but I can guarantee you that if you have a fairly successful Mac software title, you can easily get your mailing list (of customers but also prospects) into the tens of thousands. So you should consider that a monthly mailing is going to eventually cost you several hundred dollars per month — and several thousand dollars per year, for almost all your possible choices here. (Yikes!)

And how are you going to choose among so many? A good question. That's where asking around, looking at the company websites, paying attention to the bulk messages you tend to get already, and so forth, can be quite handy.

If these choices seem a bit pricey for larger customer lists, please realize that there are other options out there! You can use your own software to send out the mailings.  There are, I've found, a bunch of Windows-based applications, and a few Mac-based applications for bulk mailings.  I haven't looked at the Windows software, and the Mac software I surveyed a while ago didn't impress me. (Plus, desktop-based software doesn't really seem to work well with the idea of people being able to manage their subscriptions over the web.)  There are a number of commercial, server-based bulk mailer software packages, but that's beyond the scope of this article. What I will point out is PHPList, which is a free, open-source bulk email manager, that hooks up to a MySQL database. I think that if you have your own server and the capability of doing a bit of installation and administration, as many indie developers do, and if it is not a shared hosting setup, then it shouldn't be too hard to install this and use it for your own newsletters. 

Otherwise, I hope that the links and prices on these charts are helpful for helping you decide upon a hosted bulk email service.

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