More than 1, 400 organizations around the world, including large enterprises, educational institutions, government agencies and the US Military, currently use Second Life to hold meetings, conduct training and prototype new technologies more efficiently and cost effectively.

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Their opponents say that only the most careful systems for example, that in Australia, where young recruits are monitored by a host of psychologists, chaplains and other folk as well as given training suitable to their age can protect children from what they see as the unhealthy rigours of military life.

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