def str_to_bool(value):
    """
    Convert a string too a bool object

    Parameters
    ----------
    value : str
        The string object to convert to a bool.  The following case insensitive
        strings evaluate to True ['true', 1', 'up', 'on']

    Returns
    -------
    bool
        Boolean based on the string
    """
    value = value.lower()
    return value in ['true', '1', 'up', 'on']