def main():
global stop_thread
# start sending thread with queue
qThread = QueueThread(handler=sendMessage)
qThread.start()
# start thread to republish received events until one with level 0 was received
threading.Thread(target=republish_thread, args=(qThread, )).start()
# start listening on the message bus for new 'repeatable' events
mbc = MessageBusConsumer(REPEATABLE_EVENTS_EXCHANGE, "#", qThread)
threading.Thread(target=mbc.start).start()
raw_input("Press ENTER to stop.\n")
print "stoping threads...",
stop_thread = True
mbc.stop()
print "done"
