1. United States – Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci

2. 32 Records – 32 Records was a record label established in 1995 by producer Joel Dorn and attorney Robert Miller. Its 32 Jazz imprint released a series of compilation albums. The label was named for Dorns favorite sports number,32 Records also released new material by artists such as The Jazz Passengers, and established 32 R&B,32 Blues,32 Groove and 32 Pop subsidiaries. 32 Records acquired the holdings of the Muse and Landmark labels, during the late 1990s,32 Jazz released a successful series of inexpensive Jazz for… compilations. The first of these, Jazz for a Rainy Afternoon, was released in 1997 in conjunction with Elle, in 1999,32 Jazz had become the top jazz label in the Billboard charts, before Verve Music Group merged its Verve and GRP holdings into a single output. By 2000, Miller had become CEO of CDBeat, which owned 32 Records as a subsidiary, in March 2000, Dorn resigned from the company. Upon Dorns departure, CDBeat announced that it would discontinue 32 Records by March 2001, CDBeat, in turn, would become Spinrocket and then ConnectivCorp. Savoy Jazz acquired the rights to the Muse and Landmark catalogs from 32 Records in October 2003, source,32 Jazz, A Checklist 32 Records discography at Discogs

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