Does Aperture need to be open to import from photo stream?

Hi,
My photostream is linked to Aperture. Does Aperture need to be open to import from photo stream or will it still import while it's not running?
Thanks!
Mavericks 10.9
Aperture 3.5

Might seem silly but is there any way to request a daemon be created to handle this magically in the background? Or open and push iPhoto to the background so I don't know its running?

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and I am trying to organize photos so there aren't duplicates and triples. I have photos in events, last import, photos and albums....I feel like they are all taking up space.
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Regards
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