Hair News
For
April, 2006

Hair News For April, 2006

Friday
April 7, 2006
Tom Hanks & Japanese Prime Minister Chat About Hair!

Tom Hanks - March 1, 2006

According to the newswires, Superstar Tom Hanks, 49, broke the ice with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, 64, when the two men met on Friday, April 7, 2006.

Tom Hanks was visiting Japan to promote his latest movie - The Da Vinci Code. The normally short tressed Forrest Gump star expressed his appreciation for Mr. Koizumi's famous wavy Lion's Mane gray locks when the Prime Minister greeted Hanks by stating "you changed your look". Hanks, who let his hair grow noticeably longer for his latest staring role responded by quipping "I wanted a hairstyle that looked like you".

Mr. Koizumi and Mr. Hanks got along splendidly after the mutual admiration of their hairstyles. The Prime Minister also pointed out that Hanks "looked much younger in his films". Hanks responded "my children are constantly reminding me what an old man I am".

Hanks later told reporters that he will be working on adding "the gray" which would make Hank's strands a bona fide version of Koizumi's. He also reported that he had invited Mr. Koizumi, a known film buff, to Cannes for the film's premiere but Mr. Koizumi had provided his regrets since he must remain in Japan to run the country.

Wednesday
April 5, 2006

Controversy In Florida Over State Prisoner Who Does Not Wish To Cut His Hair Due To Religious Belief!

Satnam Singh, aged 45, is one of 25 million devout worldwide Sikhs whose 500 year old religious teachings tell him that cutting his hair would be a profane act, severing him from any future access to his God.
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Sikh men never cut their hair. Instead they wind it around the crown of the head, considered the actual connection of communication with God. Sikh men cover their head with a turban, six or more feet of fabric carefully wrapped around their heads. Their uncut hair, their beards and their turbans are the outward symbol of their Sikh faith. In past conflicts, Sikh enemies cut their hair to shame and humiliate them. Unwilling to live after losing their hair, Sikh prisoners begged their captors to cut off limbs or their heads instead.

Mr. Singh currently has a very big problem. He is scheduled to enter a Florida state prison in the next week where according to the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC), he is required to receive a short haircut and a close shave. All incoming male prisioners in the Florida prison system must follow the state's penal code on this hair related matter, regardless of their religious beliefs.

Mr. Singh, an illegal alien and convicted passport and credit card forger, joins other Muslims, Jews, native Americans, Rastafarians and other Sikhs who all have strict religious rules regarding their hair.

Although Singh and has been writing to Florida Governor Jeb Busch since 2003, when he was first convicted of his crimes and sent to a federal prison, where his hair was not touched, he has not been given the OK to keep his hair in Florida.

The Florida DOC is monitoring the case closely and trying to resolve the religious issues behind Singh's hair once he enters the Florida prison system.

There are no current exceptions in the Florida DOC for religious reasons and so far there have been no successful court challenges of the men's hair cutting and close shaving rules. Florida prison rules require that male prisoners have their hair and beards trimmed — by force, if necessary.

An attorney representing Singh said that in other state prison systems prisoners hair is not universally shorn. Even more significant, in Florida prisons for women, the hair is not cut when entering the system.

Mr. Singh's attorney is appealing his case to Governor Bush and the American Civil Liberties Union

Arvind Singh, his attorney, hopes to get the American Civil Liberties Union to take up Singh's cause. He also is trying to persuade Gov. Bush to review the case.

"It's the equivalent of giving him the death penalty," said attorney Singh. "People have been writing, saying that they have nightmares about this. We're trying to save our identity as a people."

Singh's possible haircut looms within days of the Sikh holiday commemorating the religious prohibition against cutting hair.

Wednesday
April 5, 2006

Bad Hair For Charity In Australia

Crazy, wild and generally bad hair was the order of the day recently when staff and students at Strathaird Primary School created some weird and wacky hairdos for charity.

On the last day of term one, teachers and students at the Narre Warren South Primary School brought out the hair spray, pipe cleaners and wigs to raise funds for cystic fibrosis.

Teacher Nicole Daviotis said students had also dressed casually and donated a gold coin each to the cause.

“We thought it was a good cause and it is a disease that affects a lot of children.

“The money will help families gain access to services and programs and also help fund research,” she said.

Ms Daviotis said many students had “teased their hair to the max” and there had also been a lot of punk hairdos, colours, plaits, wigs and afros.

A special assembly was held to award those with the craziest hairdos.

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