- published: 08 Apr 2016
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Ashley Phillip Adams (born 12 October 1955) is an Australian Paralympic shooting medallist and cattle grazier.
Adams was born on 12 October 1955 in Toowoomba. He became a paraplegic in 1982 at the age of 26 after being involved in an accident at a local motorbike competition, where he fell off his motorbike and broke his back. Following his accident, he underwent a six month period of rehabilitation. He is a cattle grazier who owns a 64,000-acre (26,000 ha) station near Blackall, Queensland. He made extensive modifications to the station's infrastructure to improve his access to the land, including the installation of gates that open both ways. He produces TendaBeef, and supports the genetic breeding of cattle.
Adams is a competitive sport shooter. He started shooting competitively in 1993. He had some previous experience with shooting working on farms. Events he competes in include R3 Mixed Air Rifle Prone, R1 Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing, R6 Mixed 50m Free Rifle Prone and R7 Free Rifle 3x40 50m. When competing in club based events, he represents the Charleville Small Bore Rifle Club. He shoots from a prone position on the ground similar to that of Olympic competitors, instead of a prone position in his wheelchair. He had an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship from 1998 to 2000.
Actors: Tiffany Shlain (writer), Tiffany Shlain (director), Jennifer Steinman (editor), Xandra Castleton (producer), Xandra Castleton (writer), Mark Pauline (actor), Molli Simon (miscellaneous crew), Nancy G. Heine (actress), Tina Lee (actress), Maya Draisin (writer), Liz Marks (actress), Sarah Mueller (actress), Sud Zhu Xu (actor), Rui Hui Li Xu (actor), Benson Wend Da Xu (actor),
Plot: With a witty, voice-over narration, this short explores the history of the United States as a democracy, founded on personal choice, and guaranteeing its citizens the pursuit of happiness. The argument is framed to explore the pros and cons of allowing abortion, contrasting an immigrant Chinese family, the Lees, with the Adams family, descended of a Founding Father. Beside the Adams and Lee families are frogs, nature's cold-blooded harbinger of climate change, environmental disaster, and loveless reproduction. Will the independent spirit of the American republic - with its trust in individual choice - triumph?
Genres: Short,