BJT: Finding Ie and Ib
Fred - you are mentioning an emitter resistor RE. You are right, such a resistor provides negative DC feedback and, thus, stabilizes the Q-point against temperature effects...AND ALSO AGAINST BETA-VARIATIONS. 

And a similar effect is caused by the 470k resistor which also provides negative DC feedback (as long as the input signal to be amplified is coupled to the base through a capacitor or a suitable resistor). For your calculations you can start again with the assumption of VBE~0.7 volts.