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About me

With a career that includes working as an electronics technician, computer programmer, technical writer, administrator, medical technologist, and currently as a project coordinator, Jeff Casto's background and writing are highly diverse. He has authored numerous software and hardware manuals, developed websites, served as the editor of his company newsletter, and has been published in technology and sports magazines. His writing spans a gamut of topics, from business to creative writing.

He is a graduate of both The University of Texas at Dallas and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

He can be reached by email at jcasto@gmail.com.

Briefly me

My passion is ...

flying sailplanes.

I know too much about ...

endless journeys

My parents always told me ...

go play outside.

My childhood ambition ...

was to build robots.

My favorite memory ...

Pinning my son's warrant officer bars on at his graduation.

Why I write ...

for self-fulfillment.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Stick and Rudder, by Langewiesche

My first job ...

was mowing yards.

My best moment ...

is still to come.

My inspiration ...

my inner demons.

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Writing for readers on the Internet by Barbara Whitlock
Melanoma: Signs and symptoms by Erich Rosenberger M.D.

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Sciences > Cellular Biology Biological explanation of the endoplasmic reticulum: 1 of 3

The endoplasmic reticulum, or ER, is a cellular network of membranes that form tube-like chambers called "cisternae." It has a wide range of functions, from the synthesis of lipids and proteins to detoxifying drugs and poisons. The ER membrane is actually continuous with the nuclear envelope, and folds back and forth across itself to form the cisternae. The space thus created is called the "cisternal space." It is so important to cellular function that it typically makes up over half of the total membrane of the cell. There are two types of ER, smooth and rough. Rough ER is studded with ri...
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