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Fair Value Measurements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]  
Fair Value Measurements
Note 10- Fair Value Measurements

The Company has certain financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A three-tier fair value hierarchy has been established which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements).  These tiers include:

 
·
Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;
 
·
Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and
 
·
Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.

We measure certain financial instruments at fair value on a recurring basis. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are as follows at March 31, 2014:
 
               
Significant
       
         
Quoted Prices in
   
Other
   
Significant
 
         
Active Markets for
   
Observable
   
Unobservable
 
         
Identical Assets
   
Inputs
   
Inputs
 
   
Total
   
(Level 1)
   
(Level 2)
   
(Level 3)
 
Assets
                       
None
  $ --     $ --     $ --     $ --  
Total assets measured at fair value
  $ --     $ --     $ --     $ --  
                                 
Liabilities
                               
Derivative valuation (1)
  $ 159,731     $ --     $ --     $ 159,731  
Total liabilities measured at fair value
  $ 159,731     $ --     $ --     $ 159,731  
 
(1) See Notes 7 & 8 for additional discussion.


The table below presents our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) at March 31, 2014.  We classify financial instruments in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy when there is reliance on at least one significant unobservable input to the valuation model.

   
Derivative
 
   
Valuation
 
   
Liability
 
Balance at December 31, 2013
  $ (11,736 )
Total gains or losses (realized and unrealized)
       
Included in net loss
    (147,995
Valuation adjustment
    --  
Purchases, issuances, and settlements, net
    --  
Transfers to Level 3
    --  
Balance at March 31, 2014
  $ (159,731 )

Fair Value of Other Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of our accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values due to their immediate or short-term maturities.  The aggregate carrying amount of the notes payable approximates fair value as the individual notes bear interest at market interest rates and there has not been a significant change in our operations and risk profile.