C#

public class FeedReader
{
    FeedReader(string address, ItemsControl target)
    {
        _address = address;
        _target = target;
    }
    
    private string _address;
    private ItemsControl _target;
    
    public void LoadFeed()
    {
        HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(new Uri(_address));
        request.BeginGetResponse(new AsyncCallback(ResponseHandler), request);
    }
    
    private void ResponseHandler(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
    {
        HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)asyncResult.AsyncState;
        HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.EndGetResponse(asyncResult);

        if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
        {
            XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(response.GetResponseStream());
            SyndicationFeed newFeed = SyndicationFeed.Load(reader);
            _target.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(delegate
            {
                _target.ItemsSource = newFeed.Items;
            });

        }
    }
}

public NewsFeed()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    SupportedOrientations = SupportedPageOrientation.Portrait;
    Loaded += new RoutedEventHandler(MainPage_Loaded);

    PageTransitionList.Completed += new EventHandler(PageTransitionList_Completed);

    // Set the data context of the listbox control to the sample data
    //DataContext = new MainViewModel();

    //////////////////////////////
    ///// Here's the changes /////
    //////////////////////////////
    FeedReader bbc = new FeedReader("http://www.pchelpforum.com/external.php", ListBbc);
    FeedReader dailyMail = new FeedReader("http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.rss", ListDailyMail);
    FeedReader guardian = new FeedReader("http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/rss", ListGuardian);

    //just call this, no other routines needed for updating.
    //all updates are taken care of by the FeedReader class methods.
    bbc.LoadFeed();
    dailyMail.LoadFeed();
    guardian.LoadFeed();
    
    //////////////////////////////
    //////////////////////////////
    //////////////////////////////
}

private void backgroundWorker_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            ...

            progressBar1.Value = e.ProgressPercentage;


            progressBar1.Refresh();//<--- call to overrided onPaint


        }

protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
        {

            base.OnPaint(e);
            updateText();
        }

        private void updateText()
        {
            int percent = (int)(((double)(progressBar1.Value - progressBar1.Minimum) /
                        (double)(progressBar1.Maximum - progressBar1.Minimum)) * 100);

            using (Graphics gr = progressBar1.CreateGraphics())
            {
                gr.DrawString(percent.ToString() + "%",font, Brushes.Black,
                    new PointF(progressBar1.Width / 2 - (gr.MeasureString(percent.ToString() + "%",
                        SystemFonts.DefaultFont).Width / 2.0F),
                    progressBar1.Height / 2 - (gr.MeasureString(percent.ToString() + "%",
                        SystemFonts.DefaultFont).Height / 2.0F)));
            }

            Thread.Sleep(100);
        }

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