How do I reset iCal data in iPad?

Apparently, I screwed up by setting my iPad to sync iCal data in iTunes and also in MobileMe. So, it doubled everything. Seems as though I could get it normalized by asking it to replace all data with data from this computer but that does nothing. Is there someplace I can find where the iCal data for my iPad is stored, erase it and then re-sync? Some other solution? If I could just delete the date now on there, I could let MobileMe resync and, in theory, all would be well. So, what do I do?

Well, I can answer this one for myself. Discovered last night in the iCal application itself, on my iPad, through the "Calendars" button at the upper left of the calendar screen, that I had checks on all 3 or my calendars for "On my iPad" but none checked for "MobileMe". Realized those checkboxes explained everything.
At one point, I had all the boxes checked, so it doubled everything, once for my iPad, once for what it got from MobileMe sync. When I had just the "iPad" boxes checked, it would not sync with MobileMe. So, I unchecked the "iPad" boxes and checked the "MobileMe" boxes and everything, suddenly, was hunky-dory. iCal immediately synced. When I changed an entry on the iPad, it changed in my other computers. No doubling of entries. All was well.
I just had not understood what those boxes meant or how to use them. It does seem as though that could be a little more clear.

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