Although the exact cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown, factors that may signal an increased risk include: 1  Family history. 2  Your risk increases if a parent or sibling has type 1 diabetes. 3  Environmental factors. 4  Circumstances such as exposure to a viral illness likely play some role in type 1 diabetes.
Rip Torn. Rip Torn was born Elmore Rual Torn, Jr. on February 6, 1931 in Temple, Texas. Rip is a family name, taken by generations of Torn men and bestowed on Elmore by his father, who was also called Rip. Torn attended Texas A & M and the University of Texas, where he majored in animal husbandry.
Flemish rippen strip off roughly, Frisian rippe to tear, rip) or else from a Scandinavian source (cf. Swedish reppa, Danish rippe to tear, rip). In either case, from Proto-Germanic *rupjan-, from PIE root *reup-, *reub- to snatch.. Meaning to slash open is from 1570s. Related: Ripped; ripping.