jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
  // Pull 10 Accounts via the REST API
  $.ajax('/services/data/v28.0/query?q=SELECT+Name+FROM+Account+LIMIT+10',
    {
      beforeSend: function(xhr) {
        // Set the OAuth header from the session ID
        xhr.setRequestHeader('Authorization', 'Bearer {!$Api.Session_ID}');
        xhr.setRequestHeader('batchSize', '5');
      },
      success: function(response) {
        // We got 'em - append our records to the HTML list
        $.each(response.records, function(index, record) {
          $('#accountList').append('<li>'+record.Name+'</li>');
        });
      },
      error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
        // Oops - what went wrong?
        alert(jqXHR.status + ': ' + errorThrown);
      }
    }
  );
});