.build();
client.newCall(newYorkTimesRequest).enqueue(new Callback() {
  ...
});
```

Running this race over home WiFi shows the Times (`0002`) completes just slightly sooner than the Post (`0001`):

```
0001 https://www.washingtonpost.com/
0001 0.000 callStart
0002 https://www.nytimes.com/
0002 0.000 callStart
0002 0.010 dnsStart
0001 0.013 dnsStart
0001 0.022 dnsEnd

```Python hl_lines="8"
{!../../../docs_src/events/tutorial001.py!}
```

In this case, the `startup` event handler function will initialize the items "database" (just a `dict`) with some values.

You can add more than one event handler function.

And your application won't start receiving requests until all the `startup` event handlers have completed.

### `shutdown` event