best approach for jQuery slider with dynamic prev/next content?

Question

Here\'s a somewhat complex puzzle, I\'d love some feedback on how others would approach this.

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Answer 1

Here's the solution I came up with.

http://jsfiddle.net/tXUwZ/

If anyone has ideas on how to clean it up or make it tighter, please let me know!

Many thanks to @Jamie for the push in the right direction!