public function new_event() {
    if ( $this->token->validate("new_event") ) {
      if ( Request::isPost() ) {
        $receive = array(
          'id','name','short','long','dates'
        );
        $data = array();
        foreach ( $receive as $key ) {
          $post = $this->post($key);
          !$post ? $post = 'empty' : $post = $post;
          $data[$key] = $post;
        }
        $db = Database::connection();
        $query = "INSERT INTO quickEvents (
        id,
        name,
        short,
        long,
        dates) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)";
        //$db->executeUpdate($query, array($data['id'], $data['name'], $data['short'], $data['long'], $data['dates'])); 
        $db->insert('quickEvents', array(
          'id' => intval($data['id']),
          'name' => $data['name'],
          'short' => $data['short'],
          'long' => $data['long'],
          'dates' => $data['dates']
        ));
        $this->redirect('/dashboard/quick_events/overview', 'event_added');
      }
    }
  }