PB_SearchEntryView = Backbone.View.extend({

    template: _.template("<div id='searchEntry' class='searchEntry'><input id='part'></input><button id='findit'>Search</button></div>"),

    events: {

        "click button": "find",  

        "blur input": "close"

    },

    initialize: function(args) {

        this.dad = args.dad;

        var self = this;

        setTimeout(function() {

          self.render();

          alert('rerendered');

        }, 10000);

    },

    render: function(){

        $(this.el).html(this.template());

        return this;

    }

  },

  close: function(event){ alert("blur"); },

    find: function() {

        alert("Find!");

    }

});

​

$(function() { 

  var x = new PB_SearchEntryView({ el : $("#hello") });

  x.initialize({ dad : "Dad"});

x.render();

});