'Create a new-style event with a captured failure.
@param values: Additional values to include in the event.
@type values: L{dict}
@return: the new event
@rtype: L{dict}'

def eventWithFailure(self, **values):

    failure = Failure(RuntimeError('nyargh!'))
    return self.forwardAndVerify(dict(log_failure=failure, log_format='oopsie...', **values))
