title: Pandas import is very slow (Anaconda Python 2.7)
body: <p>I am using the pandas module within a script. However, it is taking anywhere from 3-10 seconds to import pandas every time I run the script. I am using the Anaconda package for Python 2.7 and I haven't had have this issue with any other modules.</p>
  
  <p>I used cProfile on a separate script that consisted of only an 'import Pandas' statement. Top results from the output are below.</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda&gt; python -m cProfile -s cumtime test_pandas_import.py
       204229 function calls (199729 primitive calls) in 3.480 seconds
  
  Ordered by: cumulative time
  
  ncalls  tottime  percall  cumtime  percall filename:lineno(function)
      2    0.216    0.108    3.490    1.745 __init__.py:4(&lt;module&gt;)
      1    0.019    0.019    3.482    3.482 test_imports.py:1(&lt;module&gt;)
     19    0.155    0.008    1.300    0.068 __init__.py:1(&lt;module&gt;)
      1    0.024    0.024    0.895    0.895 config_init.py:11(&lt;module&gt;)
      1    0.049    0.049    0.803    0.803 __init__.py:106(&lt;module&gt;)
      1    0.024    0.024    0.669    0.669 format.py:2(&lt;module&gt;)
      1    0.005    0.005    0.628    0.628 add_newdocs.py:10(&lt;module&gt;)
      2    0.029    0.015    0.604    0.302 index.py:2(&lt;module&gt;)
      2    0.094    0.047    0.542    0.271 __init__.py:9(&lt;module&gt;)
      2    0.092    0.046    0.532    0.266 common.py:1(&lt;module&gt;)
      1    0.008    0.008    0.506    0.506 type_check.py:3(&lt;module&gt;)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any ideas why the import pandas statement takes so long for me, or how I might better diagnose/fix what is happening? Has anyone else experienced this issue?</p>