Error: "You do not have sufficient access privileges"

I consistently receive the error message "You do not have sufficient access privileges" when attempting to rename certain files or folders in OS 10.5.2. The output of
ls -le ./
is (edited for privacy):
total 12200
drwx------+ 7 myusername myusername 238 Apr 19 22:17 Desktop
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------+ 10 myusername myusername 340 Apr 6 01:04 Documents
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------+ 5 myusername myusername 170 Apr 19 22:35 Downloads
0: group:everyone deny delete
-rwxr-xr-x+ 1 myusername myusername 99312 Sep 3 2007 Image-57E66CC6A02011D9.jpg
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------+ 55 myusername myusername 1870 Apr 19 23:02 Library
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------+ 10 myusername myusername 340 Apr 5 17:26 Movies
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------+ 211 myusername myusername 7174 Apr 19 19:01 Music
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------+ 725 myusername myusername 24650 Apr 14 19:14 Pictures
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwxr-xr-x+ 5 myusername myusername 170 Dec 24 22:38 Public
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwxr-xr-x+ 4 myusername myusername 136 Dec 24 23:53 Sites
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwxrwxrwx+ 4 myusername myusername 136 Dec 24 23:45 Templates
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------+ 20 myusername myusername 680 Dec 24 23:03 Travel
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------+ 6 myusername myusername 204 Dec 24 23:25 Writing
0: group:everyone deny delete
lrwxr-xr-x 1 myusername myusername 44 Dec 31 13:15 webroot computer1 -> /Volumes/computer1/Library/WebServer/Documents
lrwxr-xr-x 1 myusername myusername 28 Dec 31 13:15 webroot computer2 -> /Library/WebServer/Documents
Attempting to rename, for example, Image-57E66CC6A02011D9.jpg at the root of my home folder produces the error message "You do not have sufficient access privileges".
I tried repairing permissions with Disk Utility -- it completed successfully, but the problem remains.
I tried restarting with the Leopard Install DVD and doing the Reset Password > reset ACLs thing for all user accounts on the computer but the problem remains.
When I execute
sudo chmod -R +a "everyone deny delete" ~/
chmod responds with "Operation not permitted" on hundreds of files. For example:
chmod: Failed to set ACL on file 'Application Data': Operation not permitted
When I next execute
sudo chmod -R -a "everyone deny delete" ~/
chmod responds with
chmod: No ACL present
When I execute
sudo chown -R `id -u`:`id -g` /Users/`id -un`
chown responds with "Operation not permitted" on hundreds of files. For example:
chown: /Users/myusername/Music/b/Beck/1993 Loser (CD Single)/05 - Fume - Beck - 1993 Loser (CD Single).mp3: Operation not permitted
iMac is new in December 2007 and I used Migration Assistant to migrate files from a Mac Mini running 10.4. The iMac with the permissions problem also received files from an NTFS filesystem (Windows XP SP2).
Any suggestions? Thanks!
Message was edited by: user9287432

Thanks, Scott. I executed
sudo chflags -R nouchg ~/
and
sudo chown -R myusername:staff ~/
(replacing myusername with my user name)
and in each case there was a delay of a number of seconds and then the command prompt returned -- no errors. However, my renaming problem still exists.
Just fyi, I got
sudo chown -R `id -u`:`id -g` /Users/`id -un`
from the thread at
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6963994
or
http://tinyurl.com/56xrz8
The list of commands in petrock's post of Feb 1, 2008 12:11 AM ("Re: if you have problems with ACL") did not work for me. I think they made things worse because now I'm being prompted to enter my password when doing simple things like deleting files when before it hadn't. I think this is because the list of commands did not all complete successfully -- it's not clear what to do if you encounter "operation not permitted" or "no ACL present".
And, I don't know if this is relevant, but before this I resolved some permissions problems in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6634641#6634641
or
http://tinyurl.com/57vls4
Does it appear that Hal Itosis' homeACLtool script at
http://www.macfixitforums.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Forum38&Number=849901
or
http://tinyurl.com/5daza8
might help me, or should I try something else?

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