some consistency fixes for adapation performance changes

more fixes for setup.py

adds support for loading preplate models via python package

fix for setup.py

attempted fix for travis py 3.7 test

cleans up some log messages

Merge pull request #174 from anomaly/2.3.0-rc

2.3.0

moved version number up to 2.2.1

Merge pull request #160 from anomaly/issue156-python3-compatibility

Adds python3 compatibility

adds OPTIONS default value and fixed typo