projectsPerMonthTree = ndx.groupAll().reduce(
          function(v, d) {
              v.insert(d.interval);
              return v;
          },
          function(v, d) {
              v.remove(d.interval);
              return v;
          },
          function() {
              return lysenkoIntervalTree(null);
          }
      )

function intervalTreeGroup(tree, firstDate, lastDate) {
      return {
          all: function() {
              var begin = d3.time.month(firstDate), end = d3.time.month(lastDate);
              var i = new Date(begin);
              var ret = [], count;
              do {
                  next = new Date(i);
                  next.setMonth(next.getMonth()+1);
                  count = 0;
                  tree.queryInterval(i.getTime(), next.getTime(), function() {
                      ++count;
                  });
                  ret.push({key: i, value: count});
                  i = next;
                  if(ret.length > 100)
                      throw new Error('uh oh');
              }
              while(i.getTime() <= end.getTime());
              return ret;
          }
      };
  }

      projectsPerMonthGroup = intervalTreeGroup(projectsPerMonthTree.value(), firstDate, lastDate),

monthChart.filterHandler(function(dim, filters) {
      if(filters && filters.length) {
          if(filters.length !== 1)
              throw new Error('not expecting more than one range filter');
          var range = filters[0];
          dim.filterFunction(function(i) {
              return !(i[1] < range[0].getTime() || i[0] > range[1].getTime());
          })
      }
      else dim.filterAll();
      return filters;
  });