 team were critically injured , IGN lauded the " great moment " in the episode in which Shikamaru began to cry after learning his friends will recover , and declared that he will be a better leader for the sake of his friends . Mania Entertainment 's Justin Rich celebrated his " sheer intellect " , calling him " one of the most fascinating characters in the series " and " one of the few truly brilliant fighters in shōnen anime " . Dani Moure , another reviewer from the same site , noted about his battle with Temari during the Chunin Exams that it was " one of the better fights involving the supporting players " .   = Meridian , Mississippi =   Meridian is the sixth largest city in the state of Mississippi , in the United States . It is the county seat of Lauderdale County and the principal city of the Meridian , Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area . Along major highways , the city is 93 mi ( 150 km ) east of Jackson , Mississippi ; 154 mi ( 248 km ) west of Birmingham , Alabama ; 202 mi ( 325 km ) northeast of New Orleans , Louisiana ; and 231 mi ( 372 km ) southeast of Memphis , Tennessee .   Established in 1860 , at the intersection of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and Southern Railway of Mississippi , Meridian 's economy was built on the railways and goods transported on them , and it became a strategic trading center . During the American Civil War , General William Tecumseh Sherman burned much of the city to the ground in the Battle of Meridian ( February , 1864 ) .   Rebuilt after the war , the city entered a " Golden Age " it become the largest city in Mississippi between 1890 and 1930 , and a leading center for manufacturing in the South , with 44 trains arriving and departing daily . Union Station , built in 1906 , is now a multi @-@ modal center , giving access to the Meridian Transit System , Greyhound Buses , and Trailways , averaging 242 @,@ 360 passengers per year . Although the economy slowed with the decline of the railroad industry , the city has diversified , with healthcare , military , and manufacturing employing the most people in 2010 . The population within the city limits , according to 2008 census estimates , is 38 @,@ 232 , but a population of 232 @,@ 900 in a 45 @-@ mile ( 72 km ) radius and 526 @,@ 500 in a 65 @-@ mile ( 105 km ) radius , of which 104 @,@ 600 and 234 @,@ 200 people respectively are in the labor force , feed the economy of the city .   The area is served by two military facilities , Naval Air Station Meridian and Key Field , which provide over 4 @,@ 000 jobs . NAS Meridian is home to the Regional Counter @-@ Drug Training Academy ( RCTA ) and the first local Department of Homeland Security in the state . Key Field is named after brothers Fred and Al Key , who set a world endurance flight record in 1935 . The field is now home to the 186th Air Refueling Wing of the Air National Guard and a support facility for the 185th Aviation Brigade of the Army National Guard . Rush Foundation Hospital is the largest non @-@ military employer in the region , employing 2 @,@ 610 people .   Among the city 's many arts organizations and historic buildings are the Riley Center , the Meridian Museum of Art , Meridian Little Theatre , and the Meridian Symphony Orchestra . Meridian was home to two Carnegie libraries , one for whites and one for African Americans . The Carnegie Branch Library , now demolished , was one of a number of Carnegie libraries built for blacks in the Southern United States during the segregation era .   The city has been selected as the future location of the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center ( MAEC ) . Jimmie Rodgers , the " Father of Country Music " , was born in Meridian . Highland Park houses a museum which displays memorabilia of his life and career , as well as railroad equipment from the steam @-@ engine era . The park is also home to the Highland Park Dentzel Carousel , a National Historic Landmark . It is the world 's only two @-@ row stationary Dentzel menagerie in existence . Other notable natives include Miss America 1986 Susan Akin , James Chaney – an activist who was killed in the Mississippi civil rights workers murders in 1964 , and Hartley Peavey , founder of Peavey Electronics headquartered in Meridian . The federal courthouse was the site of the 1966 @-@ 1967 trial of suspects in the murder of Chaney and two other activists ; it was the first time a white jury convicted a white official of a civil rights killing .   = = History = =   Previously inhabited by the Choctaw Native Americans , the area now called Meridian was obtained by the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830 during the period of Indian Removal . After the treaty was ratified , European @-@ American settlers began to move into the area .   After receiving a federal land grant of about 2 @,
Ġteam Ġwere Ġcritically Ġinjured Ġ, ĠIGN Ġlauded Ġthe Ġ" Ġgreat Ġmoment Ġ" Ġin Ġthe Ġepisode Ġin Ġwhich ĠSh ik amaru Ġbegan Ġto Ġcry Ġafter Ġlearning Ġhis Ġfriends Ġwill Ġrecover Ġ, Ġand Ġdeclared Ġthat Ġhe Ġwill Ġbe Ġa Ġbetter Ġleader Ġfor Ġthe Ġsake Ġof Ġhis Ġfriends Ġ. ĠMania ĠEntertainment Ġ' s ĠJustin ĠRich Ġcelebrated Ġhis Ġ" Ġsheer Ġintellect Ġ" Ġ, Ġcalling Ġhim Ġ" Ġone Ġof Ġthe Ġmost Ġfascinating Ġcharacters Ġin Ġthe Ġseries Ġ" Ġand Ġ" Ġone Ġof Ġthe Ġfew Ġtruly Ġbrilliant Ġfighters Ġin Ġsh Åį nen Ġanime Ġ" Ġ. ĠDani ĠMou re Ġ, Ġanother Ġreviewer Ġfrom Ġthe Ġsame Ġsite Ġ, Ġnoted Ġabout Ġhis Ġbattle Ġwith ĠTem ari Ġduring Ġthe ĠCh unin ĠEx ams Ġthat Ġit Ġwas Ġ" Ġone Ġof Ġthe Ġbetter Ġfights Ġinvolving Ġthe Ġsupporting Ġplayers Ġ" Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= ĠMeridian Ġ, ĠMississippi Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠMeridian Ġis Ġthe Ġsixth Ġlargest Ġcity Ġin Ġthe Ġstate Ġof ĠMississippi Ġ, Ġin Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġ. ĠIt Ġis Ġthe Ġcounty Ġseat Ġof ĠLauderdale ĠCounty Ġand Ġthe Ġprincipal Ġcity Ġof Ġthe ĠMeridian Ġ, ĠMississippi ĠMic ropolitan ĠStatistical ĠArea Ġ. ĠAlong Ġmajor Ġhighways Ġ, Ġthe Ġcity Ġis Ġ93 Ġmi Ġ( Ġ150 Ġkm Ġ) Ġeast Ġof ĠJackson Ġ, ĠMississippi Ġ; Ġ154 Ġmi Ġ( Ġ248 Ġkm Ġ) Ġwest Ġof ĠBirmingham Ġ, ĠAlabama Ġ; Ġ202 Ġmi Ġ( Ġ325 Ġkm Ġ) Ġnortheast Ġof ĠNew ĠOrleans Ġ, ĠLouisiana Ġ; Ġand Ġ231 Ġmi Ġ( Ġ372 Ġkm Ġ) Ġsoutheast Ġof ĠMemphis Ġ, ĠTennessee Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠEst ablished Ġin Ġ1860 Ġ, Ġat Ġthe Ġintersection Ġof Ġthe ĠMobile Ġand ĠOhio ĠRailroad Ġand ĠSouthern ĠRailway Ġof ĠMississippi Ġ, ĠMeridian Ġ' s Ġeconomy Ġwas Ġbuilt Ġon Ġthe Ġrailways Ġand Ġgoods Ġtransported Ġon Ġthem Ġ, Ġand Ġit Ġbecame Ġa Ġstrategic Ġtrading Ġcenter Ġ. ĠDuring Ġthe ĠAmerican ĠCivil ĠWar Ġ, ĠGeneral ĠWilliam ĠTec um se h ĠSherman Ġburned Ġmuch Ġof Ġthe Ġcity Ġto Ġthe Ġground Ġin Ġthe ĠBattle Ġof ĠMeridian Ġ( ĠFebruary Ġ, Ġ18 64 Ġ) Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠRe built Ġafter Ġthe Ġwar Ġ, Ġthe Ġcity Ġentered Ġa Ġ" ĠGolden ĠAge Ġ" Ġit Ġbecome Ġthe Ġlargest Ġcity Ġin ĠMississippi Ġbetween Ġ1890 Ġand Ġ1930 Ġ, Ġand Ġa Ġleading Ġcenter Ġfor Ġmanufacturing Ġin Ġthe ĠSouth Ġ, Ġwith Ġ44 Ġtrains Ġarriving Ġand Ġdeparting Ġdaily Ġ. ĠUnion ĠStation Ġ, Ġbuilt Ġin Ġ1906 Ġ, Ġis Ġnow Ġa Ġmulti Ġ@ - @ Ġmod al Ġcenter Ġ, Ġgiving Ġaccess Ġto Ġthe ĠMeridian ĠTransit ĠSystem Ġ, ĠGrey hound ĠB uses Ġ, Ġand ĠTrail ways Ġ, Ġaveraging Ġ242 Ġ@ , @ Ġ360 Ġpassengers Ġper Ġyear Ġ. ĠAlthough Ġthe Ġeconomy Ġslowed Ġwith Ġthe Ġdecline Ġof Ġthe Ġrailroad Ġindustry Ġ, Ġthe Ġcity Ġhas Ġdivers ified Ġ, Ġwith Ġhealthcare Ġ, Ġmilitary Ġ, Ġand Ġmanufacturing Ġemploying Ġthe Ġmost Ġpeople Ġin Ġ2010 Ġ. ĠThe Ġpopulation Ġwithin Ġthe Ġcity Ġlimits Ġ, Ġaccording Ġto Ġ2008 Ġcensus Ġestimates Ġ, Ġis Ġ38 Ġ@ , @ Ġ232 Ġ, Ġbut Ġa Ġpopulation Ġof Ġ232 Ġ@ , @ Ġ900 Ġin Ġa Ġ45 Ġ@ - @ Ġmile Ġ( Ġ72 Ġkm Ġ) Ġradius Ġand Ġ5 26 Ġ@ , @ Ġ500 Ġin Ġa Ġ65 Ġ@ - @ Ġmile Ġ( Ġ105 Ġkm Ġ) Ġradius Ġ, Ġof Ġwhich Ġ104 Ġ@ , @ Ġ600 Ġand Ġ234 Ġ@ , @ Ġ200 Ġpeople Ġrespectively Ġare Ġin Ġthe Ġlabor Ġforce Ġ, Ġfeed Ġthe Ġeconomy Ġof Ġthe Ġcity Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġarea Ġis Ġserved Ġby Ġtwo Ġmilitary Ġfacilities Ġ, ĠNaval ĠAir ĠStation ĠMeridian Ġand ĠKey ĠField Ġ, Ġwhich Ġprovide Ġover Ġ4 Ġ@ , @ Ġ000 Ġjobs Ġ. ĠNAS ĠMeridian Ġis Ġhome Ġto Ġthe ĠRegional ĠCounter Ġ@ - @ ĠDrug ĠTraining ĠAcademy Ġ( ĠR CT A Ġ) Ġand Ġthe Ġfirst Ġlocal ĠDepartment Ġof ĠHomeland ĠSecurity Ġin Ġthe Ġstate Ġ. ĠKey ĠField Ġis Ġnamed Ġafter Ġbrothers ĠFred Ġand ĠAl ĠKey Ġ, Ġwho Ġset Ġa Ġworld Ġendurance Ġflight Ġrecord Ġin Ġ1935 Ġ. ĠThe Ġfield Ġis Ġnow Ġhome Ġto Ġthe Ġ186 th ĠAir ĠRef uel ing ĠWing Ġof Ġthe ĠAir ĠNational ĠGuard Ġand Ġa Ġsupport Ġfacility Ġfor Ġthe Ġ185 th ĠAviation ĠBrigade Ġof Ġthe ĠArmy ĠNational ĠGuard Ġ. ĠRush ĠFoundation ĠHospital Ġis Ġthe Ġlargest Ġnon Ġ@ - @ Ġmilitary Ġemployer Ġin Ġthe Ġregion Ġ, Ġemploying Ġ2 Ġ@ , @ Ġ610 Ġpeople Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAmong Ġthe Ġcity Ġ' s Ġmany Ġarts Ġorganizations Ġand Ġhistoric Ġbuildings Ġare Ġthe ĠRiley ĠCenter Ġ, Ġthe ĠMeridian ĠMuseum Ġof ĠArt Ġ, ĠMeridian ĠLittle ĠTheatre Ġ, Ġand Ġthe ĠMeridian ĠSymphony ĠOrchestra Ġ. ĠMeridian Ġwas Ġhome Ġto Ġtwo ĠCarnegie Ġlibraries Ġ, Ġone Ġfor Ġwhites Ġand Ġone Ġfor ĠAfrican ĠAmericans Ġ. ĠThe ĠCarnegie ĠBranch ĠLibrary Ġ, Ġnow Ġdemolished Ġ, Ġwas Ġone Ġof Ġa Ġnumber Ġof ĠCarnegie Ġlibraries Ġbuilt Ġfor Ġblacks Ġin Ġthe ĠSouthern ĠUnited ĠStates Ġduring Ġthe Ġsegregation Ġera Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġcity Ġhas Ġbeen Ġselected Ġas Ġthe Ġfuture Ġlocation Ġof Ġthe ĠMississippi ĠArts Ġand ĠEntertainment ĠCenter Ġ( ĠMA EC Ġ) Ġ. ĠJim mie ĠRodgers Ġ, Ġthe Ġ" ĠFather Ġof ĠCountry ĠMusic Ġ" Ġ, Ġwas Ġborn Ġin ĠMeridian Ġ. ĠHighland ĠPark Ġhouses Ġa Ġmuseum Ġwhich Ġdisplays Ġmemor abilia Ġof Ġhis Ġlife Ġand Ġcareer Ġ, Ġas Ġwell Ġas Ġrailroad Ġequipment Ġfrom Ġthe Ġsteam Ġ@ - @ Ġengine Ġera Ġ. ĠThe Ġpark Ġis Ġalso Ġhome Ġto Ġthe ĠHighland ĠPark ĠDent zel ĠCar ousel Ġ, Ġa ĠNational ĠHistoric ĠLand mark Ġ. ĠIt Ġis Ġthe Ġworld Ġ' s Ġonly Ġtwo Ġ@ - @ Ġrow Ġstationary ĠDent zel Ġmen ager ie Ġin Ġexistence Ġ. ĠOther Ġnotable Ġnatives Ġinclude ĠMiss ĠAmerica Ġ1986 ĠSusan ĠAkin Ġ, ĠJames ĠCh aney ĠâĢĵ Ġan Ġactivist Ġwho Ġwas Ġkilled Ġin Ġthe ĠMississippi Ġcivil Ġrights Ġworkers Ġmurders Ġin Ġ1964 Ġ, Ġand ĠHart ley ĠPe ave y Ġ, Ġfounder Ġof ĠPe ave y ĠElectronics Ġheadquartered Ġin ĠMeridian Ġ. ĠThe Ġfederal Ġcourthouse Ġwas Ġthe Ġsite Ġof Ġthe Ġ1966 Ġ@ - @ Ġ1967 Ġtrial Ġof Ġsuspects Ġin Ġthe Ġmurder Ġof ĠCh aney Ġand Ġtwo Ġother Ġactivists Ġ; Ġit Ġwas Ġthe Ġfirst Ġtime Ġa Ġwhite Ġjury Ġconvicted Ġa Ġwhite Ġofficial Ġof Ġa Ġcivil Ġrights Ġkilling Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠHistory Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠPreviously Ġinhabited Ġby Ġthe ĠCho ct aw ĠNative ĠAmericans Ġ, Ġthe Ġarea Ġnow Ġcalled ĠMeridian Ġwas Ġobtained Ġby Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġunder Ġthe Ġterms Ġof Ġthe ĠTreaty Ġof ĠDancing ĠRabbit ĠCreek Ġin Ġ1830 Ġduring Ġthe Ġperiod Ġof ĠIndian ĠRemoval Ġ. ĠAfter Ġthe Ġtreaty Ġwas Ġratified Ġ, ĠEuropean Ġ@ - @ ĠAmerican Ġsettlers Ġbegan Ġto Ġmove Ġinto Ġthe Ġarea Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAfter Ġreceiving Ġa Ġfederal Ġland Ġgrant Ġof Ġabout Ġ2 Ġ@ ,