Photostream Permanently Saved in iPhoto

I have a question about photostream.  Is it true that ALL photos in my photo stream are permanently saved in iPhoto (even without me moving into events which i would probably do twice a month)?  If the event i can't move photo's from the photostream in iphoto to events, are they ALWAYS saved on my mac drive even there there is a 1000/30 day limit in photostream?

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Assuming that iPhoto > preferences > PhotoStream > automatic import is checked then yes, photos from PhotoStream are automatically imported into monthly events and are saved even when PhotoStream deletes the photos due to numbers/time restrictions.

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