These can be found in any garden center. Egg-laying adults will be attracted to the yellow paper and then get stuck. Place several sticky paper traps in your potted plants or garden. Remove the traps when they are covered in flies and they will be unable to lay eggs. Vinegar (or beer) will attract and kill adult gnats. All you have to do is set out a few homemade traps.  Pour ordinary vinegar (or beer) into several jars with lids. Add a few drops of dish soap to the liquid. Close the lids and poke several holes into them. Leave the jars scattered throughout the area infested by gnats. The adults will fly into the jars and die. Cinnamon is a natural fungicide. It will kill the fungus that the larvae feed on, essentially starving them to death. Simply sprinkle cinnamon on the surface of the soil in your potted plants or garden beds. A variety of pesticides containing pyrethrin are available at gardening and home supply stores. These can kill adult fungus gnats, but not larvae. Since fungus gnats breed rapidly, new adults will appear each day. This means that you will have to repeat sprays every day for several weeks to control the gnats.  Pesticide sprays containing bifenthrin and cyfluthrin can also work. Always follow the instructions and safety recommendations provided with the pesticide spray. A variety of other organisms, such as nematodes (roundworms), rove beetles, and certain bacteria will kill fungus gnats or their larvae. These are commercially available and sold as gnat, mosquito, or fly controls. Place a thin layer of diatomaceous earth—a naturally occurring sediment—over top the top of your soil. A layer about 1 inch (2.5 cm) thick will prevent gnats from laying eggs in your soil. D.E., as it’s known, can be purchased at any plant supply store or nursery.
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One-sentence summary -- Set yellow sticky traps out. Set out a trap for adult flies. Try cinnamon to kill the larvae. Use pyrethrin spray. Try biological controls. Use diatomaceous earth.


One way to ‘get rid’ of an immature reputation is simply to not let it bother you. Unless the specific content of what people think about you has serious consequences for your ability to make friends, get a job, and so on, your reputation matters only to the extent that you think it does.  Also, caring too much about your reputation can, in fact, be a sign of immaturity. So, if you are overly worried, shrug it off a little bit.  Ask yourself why your reputation matters for you. What are the consequences of others seeing you as immature? If they are minor and do not impede you in any important goals, consider shrugging your reputation off and focusing on other aspects of your life that are more important to you. Keep in mind that reputations are an approximate estimation of others’ incomplete knowledge of what makes you, you. People (not necessarily knowingly) may spread information about you that is inaccurate or entirely untrue.  Be honest with yourself. Ask yourself whether you believe you may be immature and if so, whether it might be worth changing your ways. Remember not to be too bothered by information that is not an accurate reflection of yourself, unless this information is actually damaging in a real, concrete way (i.e., it impedes with a goal that you value, such as having more friends). Take heart in the idea that just as your behaviors that contribute to an immature reputation can change, so too can your reputation.
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One-sentence summary -- Remind yourself that, often, reputations don’t matter much. Know that your reputation might not reflect the real you. Keep in mind that reputations can change.


Standing tall with your arms and legs spread out wide will help you to feel more confident. This type of dominant pose also reduces cortisol and increases testosterone, which will add to your confidence. Take a moment to duck into bathroom stall or empty room and power pose for a minute before you need to walk confidently. Occupying more space will make you seem larger and more confident to others. Use your arms and legs to claim more of the territory around you.  When you are standing, place your hands on your hips and stand with your legs about shoulder width apart. When you are sitting, lean back and stretch your legs out in front of you and rest one or both arms on the backs of the seats next to you. If there is a table or desk in front of you, you can place your arms on the table and spread them out and away from your body. A hunched appearance projects a lack of confidence. Instead, walk straight and tall to seem confident. As you walk, keep your shoulders back and lift up your chin slightly. Test your posture by holding a pencil in each hand and making a fist. Let your arms fall loosely at your sides. If the pencils face inward (towards you), then you are hunching your shoulders. Shift your shoulders back until the pencils face forward to see how your ideal posture should be while you walk. Directing your body towards the person you are talking to demonstrates your respect for them as well as interest in what they have to say, but it also contributes to an appearance of confidence. People who lack confidence may find it harder to face other people directly during a conversation. Fidgeting makes you look nervous and uncomfortable, which makes you seem like you lack confidence. Train yourself to keep still when you are standing or sitting.  If you are standing, place your hands on your hips or hold something in one or both of your hands. You can hold a mug, clipboard or notepad, a pen, or something else that is appropriate for your situation. Just make sure that you don’t fidget with the object. If you are seated, firmly plant your hands on the arms of a chair or on top of a table. Just remind yourself not to tap your fingers on the table.
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One-sentence summary -- Practice power posing. Take up space. Stand up straight. Aim your torso and toes at the person you are talking to. Be still.


Starting a college requires a lot of funding to pay for facilities, faculty, staff, and an assortment of other costs. You can hold a fundraising event to try to raise money to cover the startup costs of starting a college.   Organize a fundraiser by seeking out volunteers and soliciting sponsors to help organize and run the event as well as donate to your cause. Start an online fundraiser on a site like GoFundMe to raise money to start your college. Many colleges rely on wealthy donors and foundations to provide endowments that allow them to run their day to day operations. You can organize a meeting with a wealthy foundation and present your idea for a college in the hopes of securing an endowment to fund your college.  Contact foundations that support educational programs to set up a meeting. If you are granted an endowment to start a college from a foundation, it’s likely that the funds will be overseen by a board of trustees who hold decision making power over your college. A for-profit college, that is, a college that seeks to turn a profit rather than re-invest any profits back into an endowment, has investors rather than donors. A solid business plan would demonstrate how you plan to turn a profit with your college so you can use it to attract potential investors to help you raise the funds to start your college.  Contact investment firms to set up a meeting so you can present your business plan for your college. Many online colleges, such as DeVry University and the University of Phoenix, are for-profit colleges.
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Hold a fundraiser to raise money to start a college. Pitch your college idea to foundations to get an endowment. Put together a business plan to start a for-profit college.