Lake Geneva, Wisconsin was one of the three finalists for the location of the new United States Air Force Academy, but ultimately lost to Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1968, Hugh Hefner built his first Playboy resort in Lake Geneva. The club closed in 1981 and in 1982 was converted into the Americana Resort, and in 1993 to the present Grand Geneva Resort. Royal Records (formerly Shade Tree Studios) was a Lake Geneva music recording studio where artists such as Ministry, Cheap Trick, Queensrÿche, Crash Test Dummies, Iron Maiden, Nine Inch Nails and Skid Row have recorded albums. Lake Geneva is located at (42.592380,
Mauger (French name) Mauger (French name) Mauger is a Norman surname of Germanic origin (possibly meaning 'council-spear'). It was used first as a given name in the Middle Ages. pronunciation API : French [moʒe] (Old French [maʷdʒɘʁ]) ; English [ˈmeɪ.dʒ.ə(ɹ)]. The second element of the name "-ger" is from Germanic "gari" "spear" (see Roger, Gerard, etc.), while the first element "Mau-", is a short form for "Madal-", which is ultimately from Germanic "*maþl-" "assembly, council" (Old High German "mahal", Anglo-Saxon "mæðl" "council, assembly"). The Old Norman form was "Malger". In fact, it could recover an Old Scandinavian given name, like many other Norman