Javascript $. problem i't gets filtered or something

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Hello, i'm using a custom cms in aspx and i need to implement a slider but the dollar sign gets filtered from all 3 "$." remaining the dot ".". I cannot do nothing to the asp script because i cannot modify it the only solution i found is to rewrite the code so here the javascript code using jquery:

<script type="text/javascript">
/*
* FeatureList - simple and easy creation of an interactive "Featured Items" widget
* Examples and documentation at: http://jqueryglobe.com/article/feature_list/
* Version: 1.0.0 (01/09/2009)
* Copyright (c) 2009 jQueryGlobe
* Licensed under the MIT License: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License
* Requires: jQuery v1.3+
*/
;(function($) {
$.fn.featureList = function(options) {
	var tabs	= $(this);
	var output	= $(options.output);

	new jQuery.featureList(tabs, output, options);

	return this;	
};

$.featureList = function(tabs, output, options) {
	function slide(nr) {
		if (typeof nr == "undefined") {
			nr = visible_item + 1;
			nr = nr >= total_items ? 0 : nr;
		}

		tabs.removeClass('current').filter(":eq(" + nr + ")").addClass('current');

		output.stop(true, true).filter(":visible").fadeOut();
		output.filter(":eq(" + nr + ")").fadeIn(function() {
			visible_item = nr;	
		});
	}

	var options			= options || {}; 
	var total_items		= tabs.length;
	var visible_item	= options.start_item || 0;

	options.pause_on_hover		= options.pause_on_hover		|| true;
	options.transition_interval	= options.transition_interval	|| 5000;

	output.hide().eq( visible_item ).show();
	tabs.eq( visible_item ).addClass('current');

	tabs.click(function() {
		if ($(this).hasClass('current')) {
			return false;	
		}

		slide( tabs.index( this) );
	});

	if (options.transition_interval > 0) {
		var timer = setInterval(function () {
			slide();
		}, options.transition_interval);

		if (options.pause_on_hover) {
			tabs.mouseenter(function() {
				clearInterval( timer );

			}).mouseleave(function() {
				clearInterval( timer );
				timer = setInterval(function () {
					slide();
				}, options.transition_interval);
			});
		}
	}
};
})(jQuery);
    </script>

	<script language="javascript">
	$(document).ready(function() {

		$.featureList(
			$("#tabs li a"),
			$("#output li"), {
				start_item	:	1
			}
		);

		/*

		// Alternative


		$('#tabs li a').featureList({
			output			:	'#output li',
			start_item		:	1
		});

		*/

	});
</script>

Thank you in advance.