IPhoto shuts down my iMac

When I try to work in iPhoto it shuts down my iMac. I had a lot of problems with iPhoto in December and worked with an Apple Advisor then to rebuild my library and every thing was fine for a while... then the shut downs started happening. Randomly at first, now all the time. I have a 24" iMac with 4G ram, my library has 11K photos... running most current versions of both iPhoto and Lion. Have MobileMe but haven't switched to iCloud yet. Evidently I'm no longer covered under Applecare as the advisor informed me when I called. He suggested one option would be to lug my computer into a genius bar, not easily done and wondering how this would be a hardware issue... although I'm willing to do this to resolve this issue. Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.

First   launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and create a new, test library.  Import some photos and check to see if the same problem persists. If it doesn't the the problem lies with your original library.
In that case make a temporary, backup copy (select the library and type Command+D) and apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Select the options identified in the screenshot. 
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager  to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next  window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
If the new, test library also crashes your Mac a reinstall of iPhoto is indicated. To do so you'll have to delete the current application and all files with "iPhoto" in the file name with either a .PKG or .BOM extension that reside in the HD/Library/Receipts folder and from the /var/db/receipts/  folder,
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Then install iPhoto from the disk it came on originally and apply all applicable updaters.
OT

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