     /**
      *  @private
      */
-    override public function set resizeMode(stringValue:String):void
+    override public function set resizeMode(value:String):void
     {
         if (isValidScaleGrid())
         {
             // Force the resize mode to be scale if we 
             // have set scaleGrid properties
-            stringValue = ResizeMode.SCALE;
+            value = ResizeMode.SCALE;
         }
          
-        super.resizeMode = stringValue;
+        super.resizeMode = value;
     }
     
     /**

        // in our implementation, and we don't want those to use our display object to 
        // draw into because there could be something further down the line that has 
        // layer < 0
        // Make sure we use _blendMode here, since _blendMode can be "normal", but
        // blendMode still report as "layer".
        return _blendMode == "normal" && (layeringMode == ITEM_ORDERED_LAYERING);
    }
    
    /**

     */
    override public function get blendMode():String
    {
        return _blendMode; 
    }
    
    /**
