private MetaList<DirectMessage> getDirectsFromTwitter(boolean fromDbOnly) { MetaList<DirectMessage> messages; long last = tdb.getLastRead(account.getId(), -2); Paging paging = new Paging(); if (last > -1) paging.setSinceId(last); messages = th.getDirectMessages(fromDbOnly, paging); directs = messages.getList(); return messages; }