Avian origin questioned by John Ruben

[mkivi@cc.joensuu.fi]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609092055.htm

The link above was actually sent to me by a creotard - I mean  
creationist who thought this single piece of paper is a proof agains  
evolution.

A plaoentologist (known as AronRa in youtube) "friend" of mine  
commented on the article:

"Every article trying to deny the ancestry of aves within theropoda  
are written by John Ruben. In the 1990s, Ruben formed an organization  
called B.A.N.D. (Birds Are Not Dinosaurs) for the purpose of denying  
the already mounting evidence to the contrary. Don't ask me why. It  
never made sense. At this point, his argument is already lost. Birds  
definitely ARE dinosaurs, but Ruben is determined never to admit that."

Any thoughts?
I'd mostly like to know about the credentials of this, Ruben character  
as well as any possible new discoveries on the behalf of  
theropoda/aves connection. The newest udate I have so far is  
Epidexipteryx hui - the protofeathered dinosaur that predates  
Archaeopteryx sp.