public static String loadTextFileStartingFrom(File fileName, int startAt) ctex {
    if (!fileName.exists())
      return "";

    FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(fileName);
    fileInputStream.skip(startAt);
    InputStreamReader inputStreamReader = new InputStreamReader(fileInputStream, "UTF-8");
    return loadTextFile(inputStreamReader);
  }

Began life as a copy of #1001049