Syncing Contacts on iPad

I just got my iPad and had it sync ... however I have two of every contact listed in my address book.
How do I correct this?

Under the Info tab for your iPad sync preferences with iTunes, deselect Sync Contacts and deselect Sync Calendars followed by selecting Apply.
On your iPad, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
Select your MobileMe account.
Turn Contacts off for over the air syncing. A warning message will be provided indicating this will erase all contacts from your iPad downloaded from and being kept synchronized with your MobileMe online address book. You will also be provided an option to store these contacts locally on your iPad. Decline this prompt. This will not delete the contacts on your iPad synced direct with the Address Book on your Mac via the iTunes sync process.
Follow this by turning Contacts back on for over the air syncing on your iPad. You will be provided a merge prompt, which you want to select.
This will get rid of the duplicates.
Repeat the same for Calendars.

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