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PROBLEM: Now  Momoh  watched as the gem found in from a field not far from  his  tin-roof room home was snapped up for $6 536 360.
Then  Momoh  did something unprecedented:  he  decided to hand it over to the government.  He  figured the money made on selling the stone would be used for public services in a country recently devastated by Ebola and mudslides . For weeks afterwards in Sierra Leone  websites and bars alike in Sierra Leone were abuzz with talk of the giant diamond. “I don't know whether [ he ’s] being honest or naïve ” one poster wrote on Facebook. “But I seriously doubt whether [President Ernest Bai] Koroma will care to share the proceeds with his kitchen cabinet.”
The dealer  a man with years of experience in the murky world of diamond trading  became the first of several who would try to persuade  Momoh  to smuggle the gem on the black market  and rake in tens of thousands of dollars — possibly more — for  himself .  Momoh  considered the proposal.  His  wife and three kids were waiting back home in Koryadu  a village so poor it has no running water  electricity or paved roads  despite literally sitting on diamond fields. .
 Emmanuel Momoh   a tall and soft-spoken pastor from Sierra Leone who had travelled outside  his  country for the first time  was following nervously as some 70 bids came in online and in phone calls. Going under the hammer was a massive gem called the “Peace Diamond ” which was expected to fetch tens of millions of dollars.  Momoh  had briefly been its owner.
After years of struggling to feed  his  family on a paltry income as an evangelical preacher (and selling peanuts as a side business)   Momoh  applied for a mining license in 2012. In Sierra Leone’s diamond-rich eastern region  villagers often pool their money into artisanal mines. Few  though  strike it lucky in the unregulated and often-dangerous informal mines.  Momoh ’s team dredged up a few carats a month  making precious little profits.
The country’s gems were once at the heart of Sierra Leone’s brutal war that ended in 2002.  Momoh  lived through the decade-long conflict waged over who would control mineral-rich fields like the ones where  his  diggers made their lucky find. The stones found there were smuggled across the borders by rebels in exchange for arms and ammunitions. The digging was carried out by an enslaved population under threat of death by the rebels  earning them the dark nickname “blood diamonds” and eventually setting off an international backlash against their sale.
Artisanal mining — mining without heavy equipment — is back breaking work. Using spades  crowbars  and pick axes  diggers sift through several tons of earth to find a single carat of diamonds. The physical labor takes a toll  with miners often suffering hernias  exhaustion and exposure to malaria and parasites by drinking from polluted streams.  Momoh  often paid their medical bills  a drain  he  could barely afford.
By March this year   he ’d told  his  wife  he  was considering letting  his  diggers go. “I told my wife  it’s very difficult to balance between our family needs and those of workers. It’s challenging. You’re looking for something you don’t know if you’ll ever find.”
So when a knock came on his door on the evening of March 13   Momoh  hoped there hadn’t been an accident. Four dust-covered workers walked into  his  living room. One of them  a man called Komba Johnbull  said  he  first needed 800 000 leones — roughly $100 and easily an entire month’s wage. “ He  said  ‘I think something important has happened. But before I tell you  you have to give me 800 000 leones ’”  Momoh  recalled. “I said  ‘what do you mean  what are you talking about?’”
As the manager and financial supporter of the group   Momoh  was the legal owner of anything discovered. But tradition dictates that diggers are entitled to a dash  or stipend  from their financier when they make a significant find. Quickly realizing it must be big news to require such a hefty dash   Momoh  once again scraped together the cash and gave it to  his  worker.
 He  was stunned at the gem that was handed over to  him .
“The reaction was — I mean  everyone was just… ”  he  faltered  trying to summon the words. “Every one of us was very happy. We knew it was special.”
Still  at that point no one in the room realized quite how big a find they had on their hands. Diamonds in Sierra Leone are some of the highest quality in the world  typically so clear and transparent that they’re known as “glasses.” The rock in front of  Momoh  was orange-hued  with tiny red speckles.
 Momoh  decided to take it to a diamond dealer in Kono who was known for paying cash upfront with minimal fuss. Miners are legally allowed to sell smaller diamonds  though larger ones have to be handed over to the government  who then share a fraction of the final sale price with the original owners.
The dealer immediately suggested a different option: without alerting anyone else  they could find a buyer and share the money between themselves. “He said  there’s no need to sell this. If you take this diamond to the government  you will not get anything out of it ”  Momoh  recalled.
The dealer refused to hand back the diamond as he desperately tried to convince  Momoh  to follow his plan. The discussion dragged on for hours. “It was very difficult to remove that diamond from the Lebanese [dealer]. We stayed four or five hours in that office that night  until finally we are able to convince  him  to bring that diamond out.”

SOLUTION: Emmanuel Momoh

PROBLEM: I dread many things about dining out in the coming year  from closings of beloved restaurants to ever-weirder ramen mutations. But the scariest of all may be the expansion of the online reservation app Tock  which makes you pay in advance for your meal at the time of booking — mostly at super-luxury eateries  but increasingly at lower-priced places  too.
The great Eleven Madison Park is the only place in Manhattan that currently uses three-year-old Tock for all seatings (though it’s also one of the very few restaurants worth such hassle). In Williamsburg  tiny Aska also uses the app exclusively. Now  Tock — which is used by just 300 US restaurants  compared to 43 000 for OpenTable and 1 000 for Resy — is trying to lure in lesser joints such as Té with Tock Intro.
Backed by millions of dollars in venture-capital funding  Tock promises great things to owners. Its platform can help them better manage reservations and reduce no-shows. Customers supposedly benefit from avoiding the hassles of reserving by phone.
But I hate having to buy a ticket for a meal — even for a world-class place such as Eleven Madison Park or Chicago’s Alinea  which is co-owned by Nick Kokonas  who also happens to be the founder of Tock.
Certain places that use OpenTable or Resy require a $50-a-head credit-card deposit. I’m not crazy about that  but at least we’re not giving them an interest-free loan of nearly $1 200  as a table for four would be at Eleven Madison Park reserved months from now on Tock.
Tock is striving to make inroads here by handling New Year’s Eve bookings at places that would otherwise use OpenTable or Resy. “New Year’s Eve has notoriously high demand and no-show rates  so we’re seeing a large number of restaurants using Tock Intro to combat the no-show issue ” says a company rep.
Among them: The Lambs Club and Lupa Osteria Romana — where you can only book the $275-per-head “Roman feast” starting at 9:45 p.m. on Dec. 31 using  Tock .
 Tock ’s strategy is to persuade users of the limited service to switch to the site full-time.  Tock ’s rep says  “Many restaurants start with  Tock  by offering a single prepaid experience  which is what you’re seeing with Lupa’s NYE dinner. After they see the full platform … they often transition all reservations over to  Tock .”

SOLUTION: Tock

PROBLEM: Then-director of Oval Office Operations Keith Schiller  stands in the Red Room before President Trump speaks at an event at the White House in July. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
 Keith Schiller  told the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that  he  rejected the offer from the man  who appeared to be Russian or Ukranian  according to two people familiar with the discussion.  He  quickly dismissed what appeared to be a suggestion of procuring prostitutes for Trump  they said.
âNo  man  weâre not interested in that â  Schiller  told the man  the people said.
The offer came at the end of a late-morning planning meeting that  Schiller  attended when  he  accompanied Trump to Moscow for the annual Miss Universe pageant  which was produced by a company that Trump owned.
 Schiller   Trumpâs longtime bodyguard who frequently accompanied him on trips  told congressional investigators that he saw no compromising  illicit or illegal behavior by Trump while in Moscow  according to the people.
The offer to send women to Trumpâs room came after  Schiller  said  he  attended a meeting in Moscow with about 15 people to discuss details of the pageant. Among those in attendance were Russian pop star Emin Agalarov and his father  Aras Agalarov  a business magnate with close ties to the government of President Vladimir Putin  according to the people familiar with his interview.
As the meeting broke up   Schiller  said a man  he  did not know approached  him  and asked if  he  would like five women to visit Trump at  his  hotel room later that night   he  told investigators.
 Schiller  told the committee that  he  joked about the offer with Trump later that evening as they headed back to their hotel  the people said.
âCan you believe one of these guys wanted to send some women up to your room?â  Schiller  recalled saying.
An attorney for the Agalarovs said they had no knowledge of the offer to  Schiller .
âCategorically  neither one of them has any knowledge of that happening â said Scott Balber  a lawyer for Emin and Aras Agalarov. âThey didnât do  it   they didnât hear  it   and they have no reason to believe  it âs true.â
A White House attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment. An attorney for  Schiller  declined to comment on the details of his interview.
NBC News first reported that the House Intelligence Committee asked  Schiller  for details about the episode.
 Schiller âs long and close relationship with Trump makes  him  a potentially valuable witness to investigators examining Russiaâs meddling in the 2016 election. The former director of security at the Trump Organization joined Trump at the White House  serving as director of Oval Office Operations until September.
In his House interview   Schiller  said  he  traveled as many as five and six days a week with Trump when the businessman ran the Trump Organization  adding that he could not remember the precise details of all their trips.
 Schiller  told investigators that  he  and Trump stayed at a luxury hotel during their 2013 Moscow trip  although  he  said  he  could not recall its name.  He  said  he  was not certain if  he  stayed on the same floor as Trump  although  he  acknowledged that they usually had adjoining rooms.

SOLUTION:
Keith Schiller