private AutoScalingGroup mkASG(String asgName) {
AutoScalingGroup asg = new AutoScalingGroup().withAutoScalingGroupName(asgName);
// set the suspended processes
List<SuspendedProcess> sps = new ArrayList<SuspendedProcess>();
sps.add(new SuspendedProcess().withProcessName("Launch")
.withSuspensionReason("User suspended at 2012-12-02T23:00:03"));
sps.add(new SuspendedProcess().withProcessName("AddToLoadBalancer")
.withSuspensionReason("User suspended at 2012-12-03T23:00:03"));
asg.setSuspendedProcesses(sps);
return asg;
}