Eric Atkinson lives a sweet life making Chick-O-Sticks, peanut butter bars, Long Boys and other treats.

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The other four pieces are Let's Twist Again by Malcolm Robertson on the Newtownards Road, Sweet Water Arch by Denis O'Connor and Bernie Rutter at Stranmillis, Winding the Warp by Jason Mulligan marking the entrance to the Oldpark, and Spirit of Hedge and Hound by Martin Heron at Falls Park.

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For an even smaller bite on the beach, buy a pack of Globos -- light, puffed O-shaped biscuits that come sweet or salty.

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But the fruit is so sweet you think of that first, which helps you overcome pit-o-phobia.

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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and MIT may have found a semi-sweet solution -- dissolving a sugar lattice in a batch of living Jell-O.

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