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The Refiner and His Fire
COME, LET ME TAKE YOU BACK to a Judean village in ancient days. Inside a small, walled courtyard under a blue and blazing sky, there stands a refiner of metals. In his hands, gnarled with age, he is rolling and fingering a lump of ore. He watches the sun play on the streaks and veins of lead and other minerals running through this bit of rock chiseled from the bowels of the earth.
His experienced eye knows that, intermingled within this ore, there is silver.
He lays the ore on his worktable then builds his fire with care and the wisdom of years. Soon the flames are rising in the pit situated against the courtyard's stone wall.
At the worktable he picks up his hammer and begins crushing the lump into smaller pieces.
He pauses occasionally to stare at the fire, as if in study. From time to time he places more fuel upon the already-blazing coals and works his bellows until the flames are in a frenzy.
When the fire is right, he gathers the hammered bits of ore from the place of their crushing and lays them in a small, sturdy container of tempered pottery—his crucible.
He places the crucible in the fire and sits down beside it. A long day is before him, and this is where he will stay for as long as the metal is subject to the flames. Silver is too precious to be forsaken in the furnace, too valuable to be ruined through inattention.
Carefully he watches the fire. It must be maintained at exactly the right temperature for the right duration of time to accomplish its purpose. Slowly the ore softens. The silver, with its greater density and lower melting point, liquefies first, hissing and bubbling as oxygen is released. The still-solid impurities rise to the top of the molten metal. This is the dross, and the refiner skims it off.
Now he adds bits of charcoal inside the crucible. He knows this will enhance the sheen of the silver. The carbon of the charcoal will keep the refined metal from reabsorbing oxygen from the air, which would only dull its finish.
He tends the fire, adds more fuel, and applies more air from the bellows. Amid the relentless heat surrounding the crucible, more dull impurities, newly revealed, rise to the surface of the mixture.
Again the refiner carefully skims away the murky, smudgy metal floating at the top of the crucible. Gazing down upon the molten surface, the refiner sees at best but a dim reflection of himself.
The refiner works and watches and waits. The heat and its effect continue. More impurities rise to the surface, and again he skims them off.
He never leaves the crucible unattended, never steps away from the fire he has formed to do its work. The finished product he cherishes demands this process. Only his guided and guarded refinement will yield the promised and precious metal.
And he is not yet satisfied.
He lets the fire cool. Eventually he sets the crucible aside.
Then once again he builds up the fire, and the process begins all over. This time the skilled refiner makes the fire hotter. Within the crucible, new impurities are released, brought to the surface, exposed for what they are, then skimmed off.
Finally his leathery face breaks into a smile, for now as he gazes into the liquid silver his reflection is apparent—not yet sharp, but more distinct than before.
More hours pass as he perseveres in his anxious and delicate work. And then . . . once more he bends over the crucible, and this time he catches his breath. There it is! In the silver he sees what he has waited for so patiently: a clear image of himself, distinct and sharp.
Delight banishes his frown. His task is done. The impurities are gone.
The silver is refined.
He has his treasure.
He has "choice" silver, the most lustrous of all metals, beautiful and highly valued. It's as pale and shining as the wings of a dove, as brilliant and splendid as the moon, worthy to become coin or trumpet or ornament, worthy to grace the king's table or to reflect sunlight in a crown upon his head. The refiner has taken what was impure and made it pure.
He has taken what was dull and made it beautiful.
Potential value has become actual value.
And the fire—the guarded, guided, relentless fire—made the difference.
The fire allowed ordinary ore from the earth to be transformed into treasure.
All under the refiner's watchful care, for all the while he never left it unattended.
You and I are more than observers in this picture, beloved. This image of refinement is something God touches on again and again in His Word. He is the true Refiner. We are His silver.
And the fire is the fire of His making, for through His fire our Refiner will perfect an awesome work, a divine work. He will take what is impure and make it pure. He will take what is dull and make it beautiful. He'll take what is of potential value and reveal its actual value. He will transform us into treasure.
He'll refine us in the crucible so that He can see Himself in the silver—in you and me. And so the world, as well as the principalities and powers and hosts of Satan, can behold the triumph of the Redeemer.
The fiery flames—the array of disappointing situations in our lives, from minor irritants to major tragedies—will make the difference. Different flames, different fires will come and go. In the pressure of their heat we'll see the impurities in our lives being released and rising to the top. Then He'll skim them off, purifying us, refining us.
He'll make the fire a little hotter, causing new impurities to rise and be released, exposed for what they are. These, too, He'll lift away. Early in our Christian lives He may see only a very dim image of Himself as He looks into our crucible. But as time goes on, His image becomes clearer, more lustrous, more beautiful.
And all the while, He never leaves or forsakes His treasure.
Our Refiner never leaves the crucible, never steps away from the fire. He is always there to make sure every flame that reaches us is exactly the right temperature—not too hot!—to accomplish its work in our lives. He knows the precise temperature to maintain so we don't face more than we can bear. He tests and proves our faith, not to discredit us, but to show us how far we've come. He perfects our perseverance.
Years ago I filed away a copy of a poem called "The Refiner's Fire." Now is the time to share it with you. Instead of silver, the metal here is gold, as in 1 Peter 1:7—"that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ." But the process—and the Refiner's attitude—is just as we have seen, as the last two stanzas of this poem testify:
Can we think it pleases His loving heart
To cause us a moment's pain?
Ah, no, but He sees through the present cross
The bliss of eternal gain.
So He waited there with a watchful eye
With a love that is strong and sure,
And His gold did not suffer a bit more heat
Than was needed to make it pure.
The Refiner's fire is a picture of great worth and importance to God, one He refers to often in His Word. Let me share a few of these verses with you as we begin our study of how to handle the disappointments and difficulties God uses to refine us.
"The refining pot is for silver . . . ," He says, "but the LORD tests hearts" (Proverbs 17:3).
"The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, and a man is tested by the praise accorded him" (Proverbs 27:21). Even the praise we receive can be a refining and testing fire.
"The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver" (Proverbs 10:20). He even uses this image as a picture of His own Word: The words of the LORD are pure words; as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times" (Psalm 12:6). Seven is the number of completion, perfection—God's Word is perfect and complete. And you will be too as you learn to respond to the fires in a way pleasing to God.
The Lord promises to bring His people "through the fire," and to "refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, 'They are My people,' and they will say, "The LORD is my God' " (Zechariah 13:9).
We can all tell the Lord what the psalmist acknowledged, "For Thou hast tried us, O God; Thou hast refined us as silver is refined" (Psalm 66:10).
Yet unfortunately, there are times when God's refinement fires are of no avail.
Why? Because you and I can resist and ruin God's refining process. Jeremiah 6:29-30 describes this very situation as God speaks of His people Israel:
The bellows blow fiercely,
the lead is consumed by the fire;
in vain the refining goes on,
but the wicked are not separated.
They call them rejected silver,
because the LORD has rejected them.
The fire burns and burns. But the dross—the wickedness, the impurities—is not allowed to be released and removed. Instead it's held on to, stubbornly clung to, no matter how hot the Refiner's fire. So the silver becomes rejected silver or, as the King James Version puts it, "reprobate silver."
Therefore the Refiner must reject it. It is impure and unusable and unattractive. God will send the fire several times and with increasing heat to get rid of those impurities, those un-Christlike things in your life and mine, beloved.
But if we insist on hanging on to them, then God must set us aside. He'll call us reprobate silver—rejected for His use.
Could there be any more tragic and fearful condition for a Christian than to hear God say, "I cannot use you"?
Paul abhorred the possibility of becoming God's castaway. In 1 Corinthians 9:27 he spoke of his fear that "after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified." This word for disqualified is adokimos, meaning "without approval"—unfit for the Master's use. Adokimos is the negative form of the Greek word used in James 1:3 for the "proving" or "testing" (dokimos) of our faith, the proving that happens as we "consider it all joy" (James 1:2) when we encounter various trials.
If we respond correctly to the Refiner's fire, we find our proven faith producing endurance in our lives. We will exercise the self-control in "all things" that Paul mentioned in 1 Corinthians 9:25—the self-control that brings our flesh under subjection to the Holy Spirit, delivering a blow, a technical knockout to "self."
It means running in such a way as to win the prize, as Paul also said in that passage.
But if we respond wrongly to the Refiner's fire, we will find ourselves unproven and disqualified. This is the consequence—the awful, wasteful consequence—of failing to let God complete His purifying work in our lives.
I can't use you.
Oh, my friend, there is nothing greater in all this world than being used by God . . .
Nothing greater than knowing you've been obedient to what God has called you to be . . .
Nothing greater than hearing from the lips of the Father, "Well done, My good and faithful servant" . . .
Nothing greater than knowing you have pleased the One who gave His all so that we who were nothing might know the greatness of being reformed into His image . . .
Nothing greater than being used by God to do the work of God, to reach out and introduce others to Him, to His family, to His life. There's nothing greater.
How my heart aches for those so self-centered, so wrapped up in themselves and their own world, in their own happiness and fulfillment and success, that they won't bend their knees and bow their heads and find out from God why He put them on this earth.
Beloved, we have much to explore about all of this.
We'll look at what it means to respond to the Refiner's fire so that refinement truly happens.
And we'll look at the dangerous alternative, which triggers a process of downward degeneration in a deadly, depressing spiral.
We want to understand all this well—because the good fire of our loving Refiner is burning. It burns for your good and His glory. You need not fear, for He never leaves the fire unattended or attended by someone else. He is always there . . . the perfect Refiner watching over you—His redeemed silver.


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Small loan installment plan—Terms—Restrictions.
(1) If a borrower notifies a licensee that the borrower will be or is unable to repay a loan when it is due, the licensee must inform the borrower that the borrower may convert their small loan to an installment plan. The licensee must convert the small loan to an installment plan at the borrower's request. Each agreement for a loan installment plan must be in writing and acknowledged by both the borrower and the licensee. The licensee may not assess any other fee, interest charge, or other charge on the borrower as a result of converting the small loan into an installment plan. This installment plan must provide for the payment of the total of payments due on the small loan over a period not less than ninety days for a loan amount of up to and including four hundred dollars. For a loaned amount over four hundred dollars, the installment plan must be a period not less than one hundred eighty days. The borrower may pay the total of installments at any time. The licensee may not charge any penalty, fee, or charge to the borrower for prepayment of the loan installment plan by the borrower. Each licensee shall conspicuously disclose to each borrower in the small loan agreement or small loan note that the borrower has access to such an installment plan. A licensee's violation of such an installment plan constitutes a violation of this chapter.
(2) The licensee must return any postdated checks that the borrower has given to the licensee for the original small loan at the initiation of the installment plan.
(3) A licensee may take postdated checks for installment plan payments at the time the installment plan is originated. If any check accepted as payment under the installment plan is dishonored, the licensee may not charge the borrower any fee for the dishonored check. If a borrower defaults on the installment plan, the licensee may charge the borrower a one-time installment plan default fee of twenty-five dollars.
(4) If the licensee enters into an installment plan with the borrower through an accredited third party, with certified credit counselors, that is representing the borrower, the licensee's failure to comply with the terms of that installment plan constitutes a violation of this chapter.
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text: All Pro Staff Tips & Techniques Megabass News Videos Another Thrift Thrashing (on the Vision 110!) Mon, 03/07/2011 - 19:04 · Share on Facebook · Tweet This ROGERS, Ark. – The 2010 tournament season was a rollercoaster ride for Bryan Thrift. He claimed his first Walmart FLW Tour win on his home lake in front of family and friends. A few months later, he won the coveted Angler of the Year award. But Thrift also remembers 2010 for what he lost – his father, Tommy, to cancer. But 2011 couldn't have started any better. Thrift and his wife, Allison, are proud parents to newborn baby Wylie Thomas. And at Wylie's first tournament, his dad delivered another textbook thrashing. Not too long ago, Thrift was known as a dock skipper and a bank burner. But as he ages, his angling arsenal continues to diversify. This week on Beaver Lake he demonstrated the ability to master cold water and make key adjustments in the tournament's final hours. On day one Thrift caught three quality keepers and then left his primary area. He was hoping to find a few kicker largemouths in Beaver's muddy water, but he returned empty-handed. "I thought after the first day I was done," said the Shelby, N.C., native, who sat in 36th place. "I ran up the river and never got bit. Little did I know, where I left was where the big ones were at." After a tip from friend and fellow North Carolina pro Matt Arey, Thrift put on a jerkbait clinic. Throwing to water waist deep, Thrift would work a Megabass Vision 110 as hard and fast as possible over rock piles and timber in the Rocky Branch area of the lake. "Matt really showed me what I was doing wrong. Once I got the action right, I really figured it out. I ripped that thing until my arms got tired, and I then I'd rest and rip it some more. And the key for me was that 6-foot, 6-inch medium-heavy Damiki Dark Angel rod. It's got backbone, but it's also got a lot of tip, which is the exact action you want in a jerkbait-crankbait rod." While the Vision 110 (Pro Blue) was his primary lure, Thrift also weighed in a few keepers this week on a bluegill-colored Damiki DC-200 crankbait. Both were tied to 10-pound Berkley Trilene 100% fluorocarbon. While Thrift stunned the crowd Saturday with a 20-pound, 8-ounce stringer, Sunday was much more stressful. "I caught a 4-pounder in the first 20 minutes, and then it really got tough. At about 1 p.m. I decided to abandon my shallow-water program and fish deep cedar trees. At the time I only had three fish. Instead of working the bait fast, I'd dead-stick it and let it fall for 20 or 30 seconds, all the way down." That late-game adjustment made all the difference as Thrift filled out his limit. But he didn't seal the deal until the closing moments. "With about 10 minutes left in the day I pulled into Prairie Creek, about half a mile from the takeoff, and threw my jerkbait beside a cedar tree. It's sinking down through there, and my line jumps and I catch a 4-pounder right before weigh-in. Hands down, that was the winning fish." The Chevy pro then reflected on his latest milestone. "I don't want to slow down," said Thrift, who has posted seven top-10 finishes and two wins in the last eight events dating back to the 2009 Forrest Wood Cup. "I want to catch them everywhere I go. That's my goal." He said this win might mean more to him than last year's triumph at Norman, his first Tour win. "I'd have to say it is, even though this one wasn't at home with a bunch of friends and family around. But it's my first win with my new son, Wylie. It was his first tournament, and he got to see me win." For a total weight of 54 pounds, 8 ounces, Thrift earned $125,000. He also set the record Saturday for heaviest single-day catch on Beaver Lake. King rallies to second At the day-three weigh-in, veteran pro Stacey King made a prediction that not bringing in a fifth fish would come back to haunt him. At the time, King was more than 5 pounds behind Ron Shuffield and Thrift. But true to form, King made a huge rally, only to come up 2 pounds, 2 ounces short – approximately the size of a decent Beaver Lake keeper. "It cost me the tournament, there's no doubt about it," said the Reeds Spring, Mo., pro. "I had a great week; I hate that I didn't win, but I'm not upset." For most of the week, King used a Storm Wiggle Wart and a Megabass Vision 110. But being the wily veteran that he is, King had an inkling it was time to bail on the jerkbait. "I wasn't real confident getting bit in the calm, clear conditions. So I switched to a Cordell Super Shad tailspinner, and it worked great. When it's still and bright in the Ozarks, it can be a great little bait. But that lure is probably 25 or 30 years old; they no longer make it." King would cast the tailspinner out into trees 20 to 40 feet deep and pump it off the bottom. On day four he weighed in three largemouths and smallmouths for a total of 16 pounds, 12 ounces. Of the five he weighed, four came on the tailspinner, the other on the Wiggle Wart. He also culled eight or 10 keeper spotted bass on the tailspinner. King fished the Rambo and Van Hollow creek arms, which are generally considered midlake. For finishing in second place with 52 pounds, 6 ounces, he earned $35,000. In approximately two months, the Tour heads to Table Rock, King's home lake. Shuffield falls to third After catching 16-4 and 18-10 on days two and three, EverStart pro Ron Shuffield fell back to earth Sunday, catching three bass weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces. Shuffield knew the high-pressure system, complete with bluebird skies and calm winds, would hurt his jerkbait bite, but he stuck to his guns. "What really killed me was the lack of wind, and I knew it would," said the Bismarck, Ark., native. Shuffield fished Indian Creek, near the Starkey Marina and close to the dam in an effort to fish new water every day. Above all, he tried to fish cover that wasn't obvious and hadn't been pounded on during the four-day tournament. Some of his best spots had isolated rock formations, located halfway to the backs of the coves. Shuffield explained that the bass are trying to move into their spawn areas, so they're staging and suspended over water 20 to 35 feet deep. All week long, he kept three rods ready on the deck. One had a Storm Wiggle Wart tied on, and the other two featured Megabass Vision 110 jerkbaits. All three were tied to either 8- or 10-pound Berkley 100% fluorocarbon. "The jerkbait accounted for a little more than half of my fish, but the occasional Wart fish seemed to be the bigger ones. Today I didn't get a bite on the Wart; all three came on the Vision 110." For a total weight of 49 pounds, 4 ounces, Shuffield earned $30,000. He finished second last year in similar jerkbait conditions on Table Rock Lake. Blaukat fourth Pickens Plan pro Randy Blaukat improved his weight every single day of the four-day tournament. On day one he caught 9-5, and on day two he registered 11-13. Yesterday he caught 12-9, and today he finished with 14 pounds, 13 ounces for a total of 48-8. While it looks great on paper, Blaukat struggled for much of the day Sunday. With only two fish at noon, he left his spot near Hickory Creek and returned to Prairie Creek. But instead of targeting the same fish he did the first three days, he backed off and fished deeper. "I was fishing in like 8 to 10 feet of water, and I then I moved out to 12 to 19," said the Joplin, Mo., pro. "That was a key move as the fish had pulled out with that front. I ended up culling three times." Blaukat used two baits all week – a Megabass Vision 110 Silent Riser and a Megabass Live-X Revenge, which has a longer bill and thus dives deeper. Both were tied on to 6-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon. His day-four limit consisted of four largemouths and one spotted bass. For fourth place, Blaukat earned $25,000. Arey fifth If the $125,000 purse was awarded to the angler who caught the most keepers during the week, then Arey would be heading back to Shelby, N.C., with a much larger bank account. During the first three days of competition, Arey was averaging approximately 30 keepers per day – absolutely unheard of on Beaver Lake. His bite slowed considerably Sunday, but he capitalized on the six bites he received and finished the day with 12 pounds, 10 ounces. Arey's four-day cumulative weight registered 48 pounds, 4 ounces, good enough for fifth place and $20,000. "I caught every fish this week throwing a Megabass Vision 110 on 8-pound P-Line fluorocarbon," he said. "I was fishing mostly in the back two-thirds of the Blackburn arm. I would put my boat in about 20 to 35 feet of water, and the fish were positioned in 7 to 18 feet." Arey used an ultrafast motion with his jerkbait to trigger reactions strikes. And after day one, he told his good friend Thrift about it. "You can't give a machine extra oil. Then it was game over." Arey also finished fifth at the 2008 event on Beaver. That tournament saw vastly different conditions as the water was extremely high and warm. For the complete article, please follow this link: http://www.flwoutdoors.com/bassfishing/flw/tournament/2011/6547/beaver-lake-headline-story/152031/another-thrift-thrashing/Article reproduced courtesy of www.flwoutdoors.comFor the FLW Reeltime Report with details on Thrift's winning jerkbait pattern, click here: http://www.flwoutdoors.com/bassfishing/flw/tournament/2011/6547/beaver-lake-video/152033/reeltime-report-day-4-beaver-lake/ Read more Aaron Martens - The Making of a Bass Super Star Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:43 · Share on Facebook · Tweet This I know, I know, this blog is suppose to focus on all things related to fishing in Central Canada. But let me spread my wings a little further afield today and comment on last weekend's Bassmaster Classic because I am still flying on Cloud 9. Two good friends and supremely talented anglers, Kevin Van Dam and Aaron Martens fought it out for the win. In the end, Kevin was first and Aaron was second - for the 4th time in his short but illustrious professional fishing career. In the process, the pair shocked the bass fishing world with their record book catches. (B.A.S.S. / Jason Cohn) Believe it or not, I've been privileged to know Aaron since he was a personable young kid in his early 20s, when he was just starting out on the professional tournament trail. And let me tell you, even back then, when we were fishing together for muskies in Northwestern Ontario, a species he'd never before even seen, you could tell he was destined for greatness. How Aaron got into bass fishing, though, is an interesting story in itself. It was because of his mom, Carol, who is a dear, dear friend and one of the best bass anglers on the planet! Living in Los Angeles, Carol used to take her three sons fishing at Malibu. While the boys caught mackerel from the southern California pier, Carol would walk the famous surfing beach and enjoy the sun. In the evening, she'd gather up the clan and head home. Then one day, the fishing gods intervened. When she was picking up the boys, her youngest son, Aaron, hooked a spirited fish. Not wanting to leave quite yet, he handed the rod to Carol and implored, "C'mon, mom, reel it in." It may have been the smartest thing the fourteen year old ever did. "It was so much fun reeling in that mackerel," Carol remembers these many years later, "that we decided to stay a few extra hours. Then we began getting up at sunrise and fishing in the surf. We'd catch a halibut on every cast." (What you see is what you get - one the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet. Photo B.A.S.S. / Seigo Saito) Eventually Carol and Aaron graduated from catching mackerel and halibut at Malibu to fishing for bass and crappies in the mountain reservoirs that supply water to Los Angeles. Famous bass lakes like Casitas, Castaic and Pyramid. Then fate intervened a second time. "We'd rented a small aluminum boat and motor at Casitas," Carol remembers, "the same day that a bass tournament was underway. We watched the boats launching and the blast off and Aaron turned to me and said, "That is what I want to do." The die was finally cast a few weeks later when the Martens rented a boat up on Pyramid Lake, a small reservoir snuggled in the steep sided mountains outside of the city. "At $60 a day it was getting expensive to rent boats all the time," Carol remembers. "And the wind was howling so hard and the water was so rough, I decided if Aaron and I were going to do this all the time we needed a boat and motor of our own." So, Gerry (Carol's husband, who is a passionate back packer and mountaineer having trekked around the world), Aaron and Carol headed for the Sport Show in nearby Long Beach, looking for, as Carol recalls, "An aluminum cheapo for $3000." They found a $30,000 bass boat instead "I am not a compulsive shopper," Carol laughs, remembering the event as though it was yesterday, "but I saw this magnificent Ranger bass boat. I touched it, turned around and said to Gerry, "I want it." Gerry said, "You can't have it." And we had a 3-hour argument right there on the spot. Meanwhile, Aaron just stood in shock. We'd never even been in bass boat before. We'd never even towed a boat. In fact, we didn't even have a vehicle that could pull it." In the end, perseverance ... and fate for the third time … won the day. The Martens owned their first boat. A shiny metal flaked Ranger 388 with dual consoles pushed by 175 Mercury horses. It was time for serious fishing. "The first tournament Aaron and I ever entered was a West Coast Tournament event," Carol remembers. "We finished third and cashed a cheque. We were ecstatic. Our first big win was at Casitas when we finished third. Then we got on a roll." A roll indeed. Gerry Martens remembers that when Carol and Aaron would walk through the front door after a tournament, he wouldn't even ask how they had fared. "I'd simply say, "How much money did you win this time?" he remembers with a wide proud smile. By 1994, Carol and Aaron Martens were winning everything in sight. That is the year they captured Team of the Year honours on the Southern California W.O.N. Circuit, Team of the Year title on the North ABA (American Bass Association) trail and Team of the Year in the W.O.N-dering Division. But Carol says the most exciting day was when she and Aaron won the Tri-State (Arizona, New Mexico and California) WON tournament on Lake Mead. "It was the dead of summer and the temperature was 120 F every day of the tournament," Carol recalls. "We won our first Ranger boat, motor and trailer and Aaron and I were on cloud nine. We sold it and split the winnings." By 1995 there was little left for the Martens to prove. So Aaron turned pro. It was a wise decision. He won three bass boats, motors and trailers in three successive tournaments over a three-month period. Then, in 2000, after rising to the top of the professional level in California, Aaron set his sights on the biggest prize of all. The Bassmaster tournament trail. "Gerry and I will never forget the B.A.S.S. event on Lake Mead," Carol remembers. "We were on a business trip in Mexico and Aaron phoned us to say that he had won. He was only 28 years old and he was in shock." Since that time Aaron's been on a rocket ride to the top of the sport winning the Bassmaster Toyota Tundra Angler of the Year title in 2005, and finishing in the runner-up spot in the 2002, 2004, 2005 and 20011 Bassmaster Classics. And get this: he has finished in the money in 109 of the 148 tournaments he has entered, accumulating almost $1.75 million in winnings. 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The 'carbon compound' featured on the Grand Prix 4 Season, means that it is a extremely wear-resistant tyre, showing minimal signs of damage after many long rides. A double Vectran® Breaker belt under the tread raises the puncture and cut protection to the highest level available on the market. Available in 23mm, 25mm and 28mm versions, the Grand Prix 4-Season is a customisable choice for all types of riders. - T.H
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Had a set of these which I used all year round and lasted 5,000 miles+. I recently replaced these with the Vittoria Rubina Pros and after less than 300 miles, a side wall blew in a sportive. Have since gone back to the Grand Prix 4 Seasons, a tough tyre, offering decent grip in the wet and a reasonable rolling resistance.
Have used Continentals for the last 5 years or so but mainly Grand prix 40000s. Decided to give these a try for my winter bike as more suited to winter riding according to the continental chart. Also went for a 25mm rear for a change. Very happy so far, have been out in some very wet conditions and they roll fine yet seem grippy enough on corners and when stopping. Over some fairly bad roads they give a comfortable ride as long as you avoid the potholes obviously and so far no punctures. No tyre expert but I'm happy with these for winter training so far.
Upgraded from Vittoria rubino pro. The tire has more grip on dry or wet surfaces, rolling better and no flats so far.
There are of course well known quality winter tyres. I've only ridden 4 or 5 times on them so far, so longevity and puncture resistance over the longer term remains unknown, but so far, these have just felt really nice tyres - good grip and roll well - they don't feel like heavy duty winter tyres (and hopefully they are puncture resistant!)
Bought these to put on my winter bike after a little off in Feb. So far they seem pretty good...& I can see why lots of people suggest these for winter tyres..a little pricey, but worth it for the piece of mind.
Ive only done 70 miles on these new tyres, but so far Im very pleased with them. Bought them as replacements for my Vittoria Rubino Pro Clinchers that had picked up a bad split from a bit of glass, and so wanted some hard wearing tyres. Early signs for me though are that the rolling speed is less for these compared to the VRs. This is the only reason why I havent given it a 5*. But they are exceptionally tacky around corners - meaning Ive never had so much fun on high speed cornering!
A friend had these and really rated them for being half way between heavy old Gatorskins and light weight GP 4000's. I kept riding the latter of the two until I puntured and looked closely at the tyre which had been cut to shreds by General winter use. The 4 Seasons are tougher and provide more grip on the sidewall for cornering confidence on rubbishy road surfaces.
I wanted to see if riding 25mm tyres gave a smoother ride so I was looking at getting a couple of tyres. ProBikeKit were already giving a great discount and then gave an additional discount for purchasing two. With free delivery thrown in, it was a deal not to be missed. Will certaininy look to buy more from ProBikekit in the future.
First time trying these tyres, not to difficult to fit, using as a daily commute and training, first impressions are that they are very secure tyre dry or wet giving confidence while riding at speed, reason for buying these tyres is for the extra puncture protection and winter profile, so far so good, never had a problem with conti tyres as I have a puncture free time with sport contacts on a mtb.
Use these all year round on my commute to work and have only puntured once a fast tyre and long lasting highly recommit
great pair of winter tyres - good grip and puncture resistance, but still roll nicely and don't feel too sluggish
Excellent all whether Tyre with excellent grip. Also the Tyre is very strong and resilient to flats. When checking what Tyre to get for winter all my friends recommended this model.
I have used these tyres for the last few winter seasons and they are great, hard wearing and grippy. Punctures have been few and far between.
OK, I wouldn't race on these. But for my commute/winter train/utility bike I haven't bothered putting any other tyre on it for years now, these are such good all-rounders. Good grip, durable, not light, but not overly heavy or 'dead' feeling either. Just great reliable all purpose tyres.
I decided to upgrade to winter tyres after having 3 punctures on the same bit of cycle path in the space of a week (basically since the weather turned and autumn made the paths all leafy). I had been running Panracer Passela tyres which up until now I thought were perfectly fine. Its not until you switch to a premium tyre like the GP 4 season do you actually appreciate the benefits of them. A steep section on which my previous tyres always lost traction (even in the dry) I now grip all the way (it was wet today) and the increased efficiency actually makes my commute feel easier. The bike feels generally more nimble (possibly less rolling resistance - they also come up a bit narrower and lower volume than the passelas of supposedly the same 28mm width). Ride quality isn't unduly affected but then I was running quite high pressures before and the skinny old steel frame makes the ride pretty supple anyway. Just running my finger over the surface of the tread I can feel its actually a softer and more sticky rubber compound. Wet cornering also feels safer. I traversed the section of path where all the punctures occurred without issue so although I've only ridden them once I can alerady testify to their attributes.
A great winter training tyre or commuting tyre. Excellent grip in both the dry on those cold mornings and in wet conditions. I'm now on my second set as the others wore out after two winter seasons worth of riding.
Simply must be the best winter/autumn road tyre at a reasonable price, especially with inner tubes thrown in. My only gripe is that when I entered a first time buyer discount code it was rejected because it was a multi buy(two tyres) and therefor did not qualify for the discount. Make me think twice about shopping here again, possibly.
Second set of these and they are a great tyre set for autumn/winter. Have used 23/25 combo but they roll great so went for 25/25 for added comfort. It gets wet and slippy on local lanes and these give me the confidence to keep the speed up!
Great, confidence inspiring tyre in the wet, not so much on the country lanes with tractor mud on. Roll fantastically well with little resistance, still managing to set Strava top 10s!!
Not used the tyres yet as brought them for the rainy season, but have had good feed back and can't wait to use them.
light tyre for training year-round cycling It grip well enough for you to ride confidently through the worst weather, and thin and flexible puncture-proofing layers Very durable. Great grip. Decent weight. Very nice road. The best all weather tire I've owned
As a returning cyclist I was becoming disillusioned with 5 punctures on my first 4 rides! I was walking furrther than riding. I was advised to try the continental grand prix and (at the risk of tempting fate) I have done a few hundred miles since with no problems. The tyres are excellent and whereas I may lack experience to compare and contrast them against the 'balloons' the bike came with, I would certainly not change them.
I have used this tyre for a number of years in all weather,fantastic grip and cornering, Would highly recommend this tyre.
Bought these to swap out a pair of GP4000s which were cutting and puncturing badly during winter riding, These are slightly slower (hardly noticeable) but much more confidence inspiring in the wet and as yet (500+ miles) no punctures or cuts. They are tight on the rim so tyre levers are a must.
Good tyres, no issues although I've only done 600 miles on them. Went on ok, grips well. not much to say really - I would buy them again.
Love these tyres on my winter bike. They fill me with confidence in the wet and frosty roads and a reasonably puncture resistant. Nothing's immune from punctures though. I've suffered mostly with damaged sidewalls with 4 seasons. I'd still be reluctant to move to other rubber though as the strengths outweigh the weaknesses.
These tyres are the best all rounder out there.!! The quality is 2nd to none, which is what you would expect from a hand made product...In Germany. The tread pattern is fantastic and the compound is like an F1 tyre. With the built in puncture protection, you have a tyre that just oozes confidence. The grip in the wet is amazing and with the 25mm versions you have that extra width to boot. Overall veridct......AMAZING.!!!! Wet weather riding has never been so good.!!
This was my first bike upgrade to my audax bike and after much deliberation and research decided to get a set of these tyres. Being a nervous descender and cornerer I was looking for a tyre that would help give me more confidence. These tyres do exactly that these stick to any road surface or condition like glue and my cycling experience has been greatly improved best price on the net via PBK and arrived next day. If you make any upgrade to your bike make sure this is the first purchase you make.
These Conti 4 Seasons tyres replaced a pair of Michelin Pro4 Endurance. Over 500+ miles neither set of tyres punctured though, its fair to say i have probably replaced them early in their wear lifecycle. I'm not that interested in fixing punctures in a country lane thats dark and wet !. I decided on the Conti's not just because I fancied a change but mainly because of their reputation and their high TPI - they promised better comfort. 25C's will fit my bike but not with mudguards for they could not be considered. To improve on comfort further I have paired these tyres with my (reused) Michelin Latex tubes. In terms of fitting they are not that bad; its important to make sure they are warm and you have decent levers as you will need them - these could not be fitted on my Ritchey wheels by hand alone. So far, I have only used them for less than 100miles but on the same roads and conditions they appear umarked so far with no punctures but its harder to see any nicks or cuts as they can appear in the sipes.. In terms of grip then I'm not inclined to push them hard in winter conditions but I'd say they are probably on par with the Pro4's time will tell. That said, my ride is now signficantly more comfortable than before - tar/chipped roads produce much less vibration, road cracks/joints etc are felt much less too and generally they seem to roll much better - thats not to say that they are faster. Overall everything has been dulled or 'damped' but you still feel the road and I'd be tempted to say the bike steers with more stability (is that the tread ?). For me, given the discounted prices, thats a good trade off. A ride on these seems much less tiring now and for that reason i can highly recommend them - lets hope they last !.
Brilliant service. Fantastic tyres. Great price.
I bought these after my GP 4000s' started cutting easily and had a few punctures at the beginning of winter. There is no noticeable difference in rolling resistance between the 23mm 4000s' and the 25mm 4 seasons but the 4 seasons seem a lot tougher. I would be surprised if these are as grippy in corners as the 4000s' but being winter I haven't really tested them yet and can fault them. They are also great value at this price.
You always expect something good from Continental and these 4 season tyres do not fail to delivery. For me i need puncture resistance and they most certainly have the grip and rolling resistance you can expect from such a premium tyre. Most definatley a recommended product for anyone...
These are great 3Seasons tyres! For the two or three months the UK has near summer weather it is nice to fit a pair of lighter tyres however, for the remainder of the time I have found the 4Seasons to provide an ideal compromise between coping with horrible road surfaces and weather conditions whilst providing a decent level of comfort/ road feel. Some of the alternative winter tyres feel leaden by comparison. The compound, I suspect, is relatively soft which results in the rear tyre wearing out a bit quicker than some competitors however, I think this is an acceptable trade-off for the benefits enjoyed.
I ride the lunar surface that is Surrey on the weekends plus other rides during the week. In all, I do roughly 300-350km a week on these tyres. These tyres last 4-5 months (rear) and bit longer for the front. In all they grip well and the only times I slide is if I am unlucky to hit the side of a manhole cover, some diesel, or ice, none of which is the tyre's fault! It is faultless in the wet, I am confident pushing it when everyone else is cautious. I rarely get punctures, and generally only with glass, again not the fault of the tyre. And this generally happens once during a tyre's useful life for me. The tyre is heavier than others but if you do miles and ride over potholed roads, this is the tyre for you.
The best i had in my 8 year of riding
In my view the best there are for all year riding , just watch the sidewalls .
Perfect, excellent value, good rolling, great grip
Best all condition sportive/winter training tyre out there. The 25c still gives you great rolling, but has that all important additional contact with the road when conditions aren't great. At the reduced price these are untouchable. PBK service was second to none as usual - keep up the good work guys
A great winter training tyre, excellent grip and long life. These are not the cheapest tyre but I feel they are worth the extra expense as wear rate is very low and life very long.
Have used 4 seasons for many years now, and always feel confident in wet conditions with these tyres. Not the longest lasting tyres but see me through the winter. The only minus point is when they start to wear they go quickly so keep checking. Good puncture protection, but will puncture if you are unlucky and hit the wrong thing.
I have done about 80 miles on them so far in the wet and dry. So far so good. Good grip in almost all situations I still carry a spare inner tube just in case they fail!
I've just bough a second pair of these tyres for my spare bike. They are great winter tyres. Slightly slower than my summer ones (but not by much) but I've yet to have a puncture despite covering about.100 miles a week in all weather conditions and on some pretty poor road surfaces. I've used other winter tyres over the years but so far these seem to be the best for puncture resistance.
Fast rolling, excellent puncture resistance, confidence inspiring roadholding and looks that won't frighten the horses. For training, commuting, club rides, sportives - basically anything on-road* apart from racing, these are the nuts all year round but especially in the winter
The Continental Grand Prix 4-Season Clincher Road Tyre is a fantastic wet weather tyre, I've never felt so sure footed on a bike in the wet ever. It's slower than GP4000s in general conditions but I bought these for the winter mileage and wet weather. They are so much better than Gators.
I have used Conti's for years and the GP Four Seasons for at least the last four years. Reliable; fast rolling; very puncture resistant especially when used with Panasonic tubes, and last for aeons.
I had these on my commuter last winter and they were great. I've just bought a set for my Pinarello for this season. Excellent grip in the wet. Confidence inspiring in the corners. Very good puncture resistance. All in all a tyre that ticks all the boxes all year round but especially in winter. Highly recommended.
Great tyre, great price and great Services.
These survived Hampshire flints through last Winter. I do not look elsewhere any more.
A good winter tyre for grip and low rolling resistance. However, punctured after 50 meters on the start of an Audax. Changed the tube but did clear a thorn which had penetrated the tyre into the inner tube. May be bad luck but also had a side wall blow out on these tyres.
Fitting was a little fiddly and I did have to use tyre levers to fit them to my Trek. Like others I've gone for the 25mm version, which I have found to be very smooth over a variety of surfaces. Very happy with my purchase and looking forward to a busy winter of cycling! Will probably go for the summer versions next year.


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I just received my new laptop on Monday (9/24/12), a Toshiba Satellite S875-S7242.
This computer is a I-7 with all the bells & whistles, and costs about $900 with tax.
This laptop is nice except for the poor reception of the subject RealTek wireless card.
Problem: The signal strength indicator of the NEW Toshiba S875-S7242 in the lower right corner of the screen shows that I have 5 full bars, even at 200 feet away. When the laptop is placed within 10' of the router, it gets a 45-50mbps transfer rate. When moving the laptop to my living room sofa (50' from the router), the transfer rate drops to 5-10mpbs. When moving the laptop to my master bedroom (80' from the router), the transfer rate drops to 1mpbs (yes-that is one megabits per second). Not much better than dial-up by today's standards.
I am using a Dlink DIR-655 router which is located in my back bedroom/office and have a 50mbps connection with Charter Communications.
As a comparison:
My 6 year old Toshiba Laptop using a USB Cisco N plug-in device gets 40-45mbps transfer @ 50' distance.
My husbands 2 year old Acer laptop using a Broadcom N internal card gets 45-50mbps transfer @ 50' distance.
I have downloaded the latest driver from the Toshiba dated 7/12/12, version 2002.5.712.2012
What are my options with this unit? This type of wireless reception is totally unacceptable.
Any suggestions or help will be greatly appreciated.
Otherwise, Bestbuy will be getting a returned unit this week...
The first thing to try is download the latest RealTek WLAN Driver V2.00.0020 dated 9/18/12 which is just 8 days ago.
Thank you for your reply.
The driver update you suggested was posted and relesed by Toshiba on 9/18/12.
I have installed this updated driver.
When viewing the new driver details, it reports version 2002.5.712.2012, dated 7/12/12.
There are no newer drivers on the Toshiba site.
When doing a search on the RealTek site, they do not even show a response for a RealTek RTL8723AE.
I spent an hour on the phone with Toshiba technical support (from Israel, of all places).
The tech guy did a direct link to my laptop via the internet and finally said the Realtek wireles card was defective or incompatible with my Dlink DIR-655 router. He also told me to return the laptop to Best Buy and make absolutely sure that I only purchase a laptop with an Intel wireless card!
I wanted to know if my router was a problem, so I ran down to Best Buy and purchased a new Netgear 900N router. No improvement, in fact the Netgear provided a slightly slower transfer rate than may 2 year old Dlink DIR-655. Now I have to return the router too.
I wrote Realtek technical support about the problem and they responded with an updated driver. I installed the new driver, but no difference in the transfer speed.
Conclusion from this excercise - The Realtek wireless card is either defective or complete trash.
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You are spending entirely too much of your time to get a NEW computer to work as it is supposed to, KAG. I do agree that is probably a defective wireless card but I would want a NEW computer, not a repaired one. Good Luck!
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10/2/12 - Just received another NEW Toshiba Satellite S875-S7242 (i7) with the same RealTek RTL8723AE Wireless Lan 802.11n PCI-E NIC card. I installed all of the Windows updates and then installed the latest Toshiba driver for the RealTek card, directly from the Toshiba support website. I was hoping that the first laptop just received a "one-in-a-million" defective wireless card.
Unfortunately, I got the EXACT same results as the first laptop. Terrible!
The previous RealTek card was not defective at all! This brand (RealTek) card is just complete trash!
One might ask, doesn't Toshiba test their products before bringing them to market? Or do they just count on the majority of consumers not being able to test the performance themselves?
I would suggest that you DO NOT BUY A COMPUTER WITH A REALTEK WIRELESS CARD INSTALLED.
Here are some sites to test your wireless speed.
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KAG, Did you ever find a solution to your problem with the Realtek RTL8723A? I just purchased a Toshiba Satellite S855-S5381 on 12-14-12 at a local COSTCO. Same wireless card, same problem, its running windows 8. My 3 year old Toshiba Satellite sitting next to the new one, usually gets at least twice the download speed. Next to my wireless router, I can get up to 25Mbps, same as if hardwired. Take it into my kitchen, with 5 bars of signal strength, I get a download speed of 3.5 to 6 Mbps. Older Toshiba shows 13Mbps. Driver date 8-12-12. Nothing newer shown. Anyone find a solution? Tried different power settings, turned off Bluetooth, even does it when powered by ac adapter with settings set for max performance. My Netgear wirless router has the latest update.
I had to purchase a replacement WiFi card.
You have two good choices -
1. Intel 6235AN.HMWWB (WiFi and Bluetooth) $30 at Amazon
2. Intel Wimax 6250 622anxhmw (WiFi only / No Bluetooth) $10 at Amazon
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Wow. Thanks for this post. I am havivng exactly the same issue at the moment.
I just purchased a new Toshiba laptop with the same wireless card. The computer connected fine for one week in both our office (upstairs) and in the lounge next to the router. But, all of a sudden on Thursday the connection kept dropping in the office. Thinking it was a Windows8 issue, I followed some tutorials to change some of the settings, but no reprieve. Glad to know that it is the garbage card and I can make some headway in getting this sorted.
Thanks for the info - I now own 4 Toshiba laptops that have this terrible wireless card, that has caused me no end of trouble. I had no idea you could buy an aftermarket one and install it - easily.
Was it easy to replace?
I think I'll buy 4 of the intel cards, and get some real wireless n frequencies and speeds.
Having said all that - even the realtek 8723A seems to work ok, if there is basicall no other wireless networks around you and no RFI. But, I live in an apartment, surrounded my appartments and there are HEAPS of other 2.4Ghz wireless LANs.
Thanks for your help on this!
I have the L855-S5383 which has trouble maintaining the wifi connection. When it was new, it connected okay, but didn't load pages nearly as quickly as through the wired LAN. After it was 6 months old, the wifi would randomly lose connection. Once the connection was lost, the option to reconnect can't be brought up through windows 8. The hardware manager showed the device is working and enabled yet windows acted as though there was no card installed in the system, though device manager showed the card working and okay.. The drivers are the latest. The only way to reconnect once it drops the connection is to reboot the computer. I've lost plenty of work to this fault.
I wasted many hours troubleshooting this. I did virus scans,, verified the driver installation and so forth. Ultimately, I bought a new hard drive (so as not to lose my original OS) and installed windows 8 from the recovery DVD's. With the fresh install of Windows 8, the problem persisted. Strangely, this problem seems to cause excessive CPU loading too. The fan turns on frequently during light use on the fresh install of Windows 8.
I bought a replacement board on eBay and opened the unit today to swap out this card. It turned out the card I bought was a different realtek chip. That's when I came to this forum to see if there were compatiblity issues with the alternate card. Once I read this forum about how miserable this card is, I decided not to install drivers for a different realtek chip and I've set this mess to the side because opening the case was an ordeal. I've ordered the Intel Centrino 6235 card and plan to swap it out later this week.
Can folks who installed the Intel Centrio 6235 board remark if there was any installation hickups? I found the drivers on the Intel site.
Just to update, I installed the Intel Centrino 6235 in my L855-5383, in place of the Realtek card. The Centrino card connected to my network as soon as I powered up the computer and without installing new drivers. Windows device manager shows all drivers for bluetooth and wifi are correct.
Thanks for the update. I will order one today :-)
I bought my Satellite C55-A5281 last year and my Realtek has failed similarly. Why is Toshiba still using this piece of crap?!? Even sitting three feet away from my router I will suddenly lose all connectivity. The computer still thinks everything's fine but there will be NO wireless connections available even though there are usually a minimum of ten visible. I've ordered a replacement wireless card (the intel centrino recommended above) but seriously, Toshiba, what is wrong with you installing this garbage in your machines. You're supposed to be one of the most reliable manufacturers out there.
Had the same problem of from time to time loosing the wifi contact, or in some days not even to lock in.
A technician from the telephone company came, inspected the rooter, even changed it with a new one, the same result, even with the small lap top he had with him.
His diagnose was, there are some rooters or mobiles in the surounding, disturbing the wifi connection from the lap tops to the rooter.
He advised to observe, if the direct ethernet connection to the rooten (no wifi inbetween), will have any problems, if so, the telephone company must do something, otherwise, its the costumer responability to connect to wifi of th rooter.
The wired connection had no problems, we used ist for 2 days.
We found a solution to the problem, without changing the hardware of our laptop.
We downloaded the wifiinfoview (recommended by Microsoft), unziped it and run the program wifiinfoview. With this programm you can see all the channels in your surrounding with the channelnumber and the signal strenght.
We found out that our rooter was transmitting at channel 11, many other rooter were transmitting on the same channel, with lower signal strenght. We changed the rooter channelnumber (you should find out, how to connect to the roouter: normally typing in the upper line of your browser-not in the search line in the middle- https://192.168.1.1 or something like this, with username admin and password admin) to number 3, nobody was emitting on this channel.
This was fine for some time, until there was the same problem.
Why? because now there was a new rooter transmitting on channel 6, but the signal strengh was more than our rooter, getting the realtek RTL8723AE in trooble.
We changed one parameter of the realtek RTL8723AE: the bandwith from 40 MHz to 20 Mhz (go to device manager,find your wifi card and click on properties). So we narrowed the frequency the wifi card looks at.
Up to now, several days, we dont loose any more contact to the rooter, everything is working fine
I experience same issue with my toshiba laptop, with the same card. Can anyone advise what card can I fit, apart one mentioned? - Intel Centrino? It is a bit pricy, wonder If can get something better in this price range, or cheaper same good.
What parameters the card need to meet? It is 2 years now since posted, so there may be something better now on a market.
details of my card
Realtek RTL8723AE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC (with build in Blu tooth)
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