diff --git a/content/post/2017-08.md b/content/post/2017-08.md
index c0e514b45..94c39f16d 100644
--- a/content/post/2017-08.md
+++ b/content/post/2017-08.md
@@ -281,3 +281,14 @@ dspace.log.2017-08-17:584
   - Public metadata, restricted bitstream ✓
   - Restricted metadata, restricted bitstream ✗
   - Private item ✗
+- Peter responded and said that he doesn't want to limit items to be restricted just so we can change the RSS feeds
+
+## 2017-08-18
+
+- Someone on the dspace-tech mailing list responded with some tips about using the authority framework to do external queries from the submission form
+- He linked to some examples from DSpace-CRIS that use this functionality: [VIAFAuthority](https://github.com/4Science/DSpace/blob/dspace-5_x_x-cris/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/authority/VIAFAuthority.java)
+- I wired it up to the `dc.subject` field of the submission interface using the "lookup" type and it works!
+- I think we can use this example to get a working AGROVOC query
+- More information about authority framework: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Authority+Control+of+Metadata+Values
+- I found this blog post about speeding up the Tomcat startup time: http://skybert.net/java/improve-tomcat-startup-time/
+- The startup time went from ~80s to 40s!
diff --git a/public/2017-08/index.html b/public/2017-08/index.html
index bff835c7e..12cbe053f 100644
--- a/public/2017-08/index.html
+++ b/public/2017-08/index.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Then I cleaned up the author authorities and HTML characters in OpenRefine and s
 
 
 <meta property="article:published_time" content="2017-08-01T11:51:52&#43;03:00"/>
-<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2017-08-16T18:24:41&#43;03:00"/>
+<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2017-08-17T11:43:00&#43;03:00"/>
 
 
 
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ Then I cleaned up the author authorities and HTML characters in OpenRefine and s
   "@type": "BlogPosting",
   "headline": "August, 2017",
   "url": "https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/2017-08/",
-  "wordCount": "2826",
+  "wordCount": "2943",
   "datePublished": "2017-08-01T11:51:52&#43;03:00",
-  "dateModified": "2017-08-16T18:24:41&#43;03:00",
+  "dateModified": "2017-08-17T11:43:00&#43;03:00",
   "author": {
     "@type": "Person",
     "name": "Alan Orth"
@@ -482,6 +482,19 @@ dspace.log.2017-08-17:584
 <li>Restricted metadata, restricted bitstream ✗</li>
 <li>Private item ✗</li>
 </ul></li>
+<li>Peter responded and said that he doesn&rsquo;t want to limit items to be restricted just so we can change the RSS feeds</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2 id="2017-08-18">2017-08-18</h2>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Someone on the dspace-tech mailing list responded with some tips about using the authority framework to do external queries from the submission form</li>
+<li>He linked to some examples from DSpace-CRIS that use this functionality: <a href="https://github.com/4Science/DSpace/blob/dspace-5_x_x-cris/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/authority/VIAFAuthority.java">VIAFAuthority</a></li>
+<li>I wired it up to the <code>dc.subject</code> field of the submission interface using the &ldquo;lookup&rdquo; type and it works!</li>
+<li>I think we can use this example to get a working AGROVOC query</li>
+<li>More information about authority framework: <a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Authority+Control+of+Metadata+Values">https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Authority+Control+of+Metadata+Values</a></li>
+<li>I found this blog post about speeding up the Tomcat startup time: <a href="http://skybert.net/java/improve-tomcat-startup-time/">http://skybert.net/java/improve-tomcat-startup-time/</a></li>
+<li>The startup time went from ~80s to 40s!</li>
 </ul>
 
   
diff --git a/public/sitemap.xml b/public/sitemap.xml
index 3a57561c5..dfc6ce0cf 100644
--- a/public/sitemap.xml
+++ b/public/sitemap.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   
   <url>
     <loc>https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/2017-08/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2017-08-16T18:24:41+03:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2017-08-17T11:43:00+03:00</lastmod>
   </url>
   
   <url>
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
   
   <url>
     <loc>https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2017-08-16T18:24:41+03:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2017-08-17T11:43:00+03:00</lastmod>
     <priority>0</priority>
   </url>
   
@@ -125,19 +125,19 @@
   
   <url>
     <loc>https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/tags/notes/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2017-08-16T18:24:41+03:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2017-08-17T11:43:00+03:00</lastmod>
     <priority>0</priority>
   </url>
   
   <url>
     <loc>https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/post/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2017-08-16T18:24:41+03:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2017-08-17T11:43:00+03:00</lastmod>
     <priority>0</priority>
   </url>
   
   <url>
     <loc>https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/tags/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2017-08-16T18:24:41+03:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2017-08-17T11:43:00+03:00</lastmod>
     <priority>0</priority>
   </url>