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Nitrogen lone pair electrons on 2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline

Please consider 2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline

What is the molecular geometry of the nitrogen lone pair? Is the lone pair oriented in-plane with the ring? How is this distinct from the orientation carbon-acetyl bond on the other end of the C = N double-bond?