IPhoto events - empty

Hi there,
I started to use iPhoto and my fotostream showed up. But there are also a lot of different events named as date and they are empty (almost all of them).
I also see my fotostream is divided into months. I have two fotostreams with month 4 and month 5. Is it possible to merge it to one?
You can see both problems on a picture below.

yes each month a new PhotoStream event is created as documented -- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
What is the source of the dated events? Have you imported a lot of photos - when you say that you just started using iPhoto it sounds like you would not have anythin it it - again we can not see your computer so details are important to helping
LN

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I'm re-posting the answer to this problem so I can show it has been answered:
Open your new iPhoto Library
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Click on "Show Package Contents"
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          GOOD LUCK!!!

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Yes, I only emptied the trash when it was really full, once I waited until the trash cans contained 2,600 photos and then I emptied them - Oooops! In the future, I'll keep in mind your suggestion of deleting less than 100 photos at a time.
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Apple aren't here. As you're the only person with this problem that I've seen on here, I would suspect that its more a local problem on your machine than something Apple need to fix.
Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.
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Trash it. Start iPhoto and try sync again.
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