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HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.ui/1.8.16/themes/black-tie/jquery-ui.css">
<div id="slider"></div>

CSS

#slider { margin-top: 50px; margin-left: 15px; width: 150px; }
a.ui-slider-handle { 
    text-decoration: none; 
    width: auto
}

JavaScript

$("#slider").slider({
    create: function () {
        $(this).find("a.ui-slider-handle").text($(this).slider("option", "min"));
    },
    slide: function (event, ui) {
        $(this).find("a.ui-slider-handle").text(ui.value);
    }
});