POWER OF ATTORNEY



The undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints John E. Bruno, Cynthia M. Clarke, Matthew
N. Shea and Eileen M. Smiley, and each of them singly
as true and lawful attorneys with full power to them
and each of them, to execute, on behalf of
the undersigned, in the capacity listed below,
any and all statements or reports under
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, with respect to the beneficial ownership of
reportable securities issued by Claymore Emerging
Markets Opportunities Fund, First Financial Fund,
Inc., High Yield Plus Fund, Inc., and Nuveen
Diversified Dividend and Income Fund including,
without limitation, all initial statements of
beneficial ownership on Form 3, all statements
of changes of beneficial ownership on
Form 4 and all annual statements of beneficial
ownership on Form 5, and any and all other
documents that may be required, from time to time, to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and any exchange upon which such Fund's are listed,
to execute any and all amendments or supplements to
any such statements or forms, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and any exchange upon which
such Fund's are listed, granting to said attorney, full
power and authority to do so and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
set his or her hand on this 8th day of July 2008.




Signature:  /s/ BRENDAN J. SWORDS
Name:	      Brendan J. Swords
Title: 	Senior Vice President and Director
of Global Equity Portfolio Management, and President
of Wellington Hedge Management