Adding the following two lines will add the system clock to ntpd(8)'s list of time servers. This way, if the network goes down you'll still get some kind of synchronization:
server 127.127.1.1
fudge 127.127.1.1 stratum 10

Also, it's generally not a good idea to use ntpdate; the sudden "popping" of time can cause havoc with certain programs tha rely on file date/time consistancy: make(1) is one very good example. It's best to run the ntpd(8) on the "clients" as well so the popping of time.

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