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.
Synonym Study Expand. 1. Tear, rend, rip mean to pull apart. To tear is to split the fibers of something by pulling apart, usually so as to leave ragged or irregular edges: to tear open a letter. Rend implies force or violence in tearing apart or in pieces: to rend one's clothes in grief.