These ripples are part of Singapore's transformation from a micro-managed melting pot into a cosmopolitan city-state.

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Cao says he understands the "melting pot" nature of his adopted state.

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Like many farmers in his semi-desert part of the state, King had a decades-long practice of injecting melting snows into his irrigation wells.

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In its current state, scratching requires an absurd dexterity and a love for mind-melting sonic distortions.

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