def METHOD_NAME(node_string, task_name):
    """
    Manually run a periodic task.
    BEWARE: This does not check whether the task is active, or whether it should
    run on the given node at all.
    """
    node = get_node_name(node_string)
    ptask = get_periodic_task_by_name(task_name)
    run_task_on_node(ptask, node)