$('#load-community').click(function (ev) {
               ev.preventDefault();
                $(this).addClass("disabled");
                var l = Ladda.create(this);

                var form = $('#featured-form');
                var $container = $('#community-grid');
                $.ajax({
                    type: "GET",
                    cache: false,
                    url: "/Home/GetFeatured",
                    data: form.serialize(),
                    beforeSend: function(){
                       l.start();
                    },
                    success: function (response) {
                        var $container = $('#community-grid');
                        newItems = $(response);
                        $container.append(newItems).isotope('appended', newItems);
                        var startIndex = $("#featured-form input[name='FeaturedStartIndex']");
                        var newValue = startIndex.val() + 8;
                        startIndex.val(newValue);
                         l.stop();
                    }

                });