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“Global trade uncertainties disrupted typical grain flows and caused many of our commercial customers to focus on just-in-time purchasing,” William Krueger, the Andersons’ chief executive, said Wednesday in a call with investors.

He was hand selected by Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs for his unrivalled expertise in just-in-time supply logistics.

At some point, I took up the strange ritual of driving north, often at night, along familiar back roads, through the rural neighborhood where the shooter lived, past Just-in-Time Recreation, down Main Street, following the bend of the Androscoggin River, to Schemengees Bar and Grille, where the second shooting had taken place.

Another story was about the resilient children who, despite the memory of the shooting, continued to bowl at Just-in-Time Recreation Center.

One of the reasons for fasting, Fazla told me, was to feel more connected to the suffering of other people; to that end, he planned to visit the vigil in front of Just-in-Time Recreation that afternoon to pay his respects.