How to restore a Library

In maverick apple in there wisdom has made the user Library hidden. GREAT (@#$%). So now when in TimeMachine said folder is no longer viewable to restore.

~/Library is hidden since Lion. To unhide it, open Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities) and type:
chflags nohidden ~/Library
To have a look at backups of that folder, open a Finder window, go to that folder and open the Time Machine app (in /Applications/Utilities)

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