In 2004, the Ex-US president, Barak Obama delivered the keynote speech at the National Convention. The speech sets the main theme of the convention straight and this keynote address aided his chance of becoming the US president in 2004.
Barak Obama was one of the several people considered to deliver keynote addresses at the National Convention. Obama's keynote address included his autobiography, his vision for the United State of America and how racism can be dealt with among the citizens and residents of the United States and his reasons for supporting John Kerry for the presidency.
He talked about how his grandparents who were from Kenyan survived particularly his paternal grandfather who worked as a domestic servant for the British colonial masters and how his father migrated to the United State through a scholarship to study in the United States. His maternal grandfather fought under Patton in World War II. He addressed the issue of how the course of living in the United States would be improved especially in the course of job, education, healthcare. Many writers and academics have studied the speech and evaluate it since its delivery. At the end of his address, he talked about the audacity of hope of citizens and residents including the immigrants living under average.
The risk-utility test is a method used in legal cases to decide if the product design is defective and make the manufacturer responsible. In this test, the product risk is compared to its utility. The product is consider defective and the manufacturer is held responsible if the possibility of an injury is higher than the cost of changing the design to something that is safer.
