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.
rip tear apart, c.1477, probably of North Sea Gmc. origin (cf. Flem. rippen strip off roughly, Frisian rippe to tear, rip) or else from a Scand.