IPhoto file container vs. Adobe Lightroom workflow

I primarily use Adobe Lightroom 3 to import and manage my digital imagery. (stills and video) There are features in iPhoto that I want to take advantage of but I have been unable to find a way to get iPhoto to accept my photos in the file structure where they reside. iPhoto insists on putting a copy of the files into it's own iPhoto container. Is there a way to force iPhoto 10 or 11 to use the file structure I maintain through Lightroom? I have been using a workaround of exporting my RAW files to a JPeg then importing that JPeg into iPhoto. When the project is done then I delete the files so I can eliminate the duplicate files on the hard drive. Is there a better way?

You can have iPhoto reference the files on disk - (The iPhoto advanced preference to "copy imported items to the iPhoto library" has been unchecked) which is strongly NOT recommended - but this has many issues including if the path changes for any reason - human - hardware failure or upgrade - updating the referenced links is difficult to impossible - plus any edits or changes done in iPhoto are not reflected in the referenced photos - if you only use them for projects and do not go back to them this should work for you
LN

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Regards
TD
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Using Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements) as Your Editor of Choice in iPhoto.
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